What+are+our+options+for+energy+resources?

1. Renewable resources are fuels and forms of energy that don't take along time or a lot out of the earth to create. Non-renewable resources are fuels and forms of energy that are not easily replenished by the earth. For example, wind is a renewable resource because the earth is constantly producing wind, where as oil/petroleum are non-renewable because it takes along time for the earth to break down materials into oil.

2. The three types of fossil fuels are coal, natural gas,and oil. Coal is formed by vegetation that is buried for millions of years under layers of rock and breaks down to form coal ore which then is mined. Natural gas is formed by vegetation as well as animals and sea life that decomposed under sand and rock over millions of years. Oil is formed the same way in which natural gas is formed, only different organisms piled up and decomposed together under mass amounts of pressure from layers of rock and sand.

3. Energy resources store energy because when an organism dies, it can store energy from the sun created by __chemical bonds__. It retains this energy when it decomposes, fossilizes, and biodegrades into a fossil fuel. This __energy__ is utilized in non renewable resources when the fuel is burned in a __generator__ to heat up water and create __steam__ which spins a blades around a rotor inside a __turbine__ to produce electricity. This method of burning the fuel is referred to as __combustion__. Furthermore, the generation of electric power creates __byproducts__ like carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, which are released through __emissions__ of electric power plants.

4. Two renewable resources are hydrothermal energy, and wind energy. A benefit to both of them is that wind and water are produced in mass amounts all over the earth, and one negative is that wind turbines are very expensive to maintain if damaged and are not always viewed as aesthetically pleasing.

5. What is the connection between the terms: Crude Oil, gasoline, Petroleum and plastic? Crude oil is essentially unrefined petroleum oil, which is the oil used to create many products, including plastic. Gasoline is petroleum oil that is further refined to be used as fuel for combustion engines in vehicles and other machines.