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Alternative Energy Online Scavenger Hunt
Using EIA Energy Kids
1. Please click on the “What is Energy” link. Please define energy on the lines below.
2. Stay on this page. What are at least 3 forms of energy?
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3. Look on this page! What’s an example of chemical energy transferring into potential, which is
then transferred into kinetic?
4. Energy sources can be categorized as _____________________ or______________________.
5. Definition of “renewable:”_______________________________________________________.
6. Definition of “non renewable_____________________________________________________.
7. What are at lease 3 examples of renewable resources:
_____________________________ ___________________________ __________________________
8. How much of the energy that we consume is produced by renewable resources (HINT: look at
the pie chart)? ______________%
9. How much of the energy that we consume is produced by non-renewable resources (HINT: add
all the non renewable resources in the pie chart)? _______________%
10. What are the two biggest non-renewable resources that we use?
_______________________________ ________________________________
11. Scroll back to the top of this page. Click on “Energy Sources” (found on the left). Then click on
“Renewable Energy.” Answer the following questions found on this page.
12. Are using non-renewable energy sources considered to be a “new thing?” Explain your answer
below.
13. Over half of renewable energy goes to producing ___________________________.
14. Why must we seriously start considering using renewable energy sources?
15. Why don’t we use more renewable energy sources?
16. Scroll to the top of this page and look on the left side. You should see a tab titled “Biomass.” Click
on this and answer the following questions. SEE BACK OF PAPER--
17. What is biomass? ______________________________________________________________.
18. How is biomass considered to be a renewable energy source?
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19. Wood waste can be used for _____________________________________________________.
20. Scroll to the top of the page again and click “Geothermal.” What is geothermal energy and how
do we use it? How is it considered a renewable energy source?
21. Where is most geothermal energy found? _____________________________This area encircles the
______________________ Ocean.
22. What are the three main uses of geothermal energy?
23. How does the U.S. use geothermal power plants? ___________________________________
24. What’s one interesting fact about geothermal heat pumps?
25. How does geothermal energy benefit the environment?
26. Scroll back to the top of the page. Look on the left side. Click the link that says “Hydropower.”
What is hydropower?
27. It is the renewable energy source that produces the most __________________ in the U.S.
28. What are some of the impacts that hydropower has on the environment?
29. What is one thing you found interesting about tidal power?
30. What is one thing you found interesting about wave power?
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