Please help! Its world science!
1. If you turn on the burner on a gas stove under a pan of cold water, energy moves from the burner to the pan of water. What is this type of energy transfer called?
2. If you burn wood in a fireplace, which type of energy resource are you using?
3. Which form of energy is an important factor in making electricity from water power?
4. What is a hydrocarbon?
5. What byproduct of nuclear energy has caused concerns about the use of this resource and why?
6. Which chemical element exposed in surface coal mining can cause environmental problems in nearby bodies of water?
7. What is the original source of most energy used on Earth?
8. When we burn a fuel, what is released that allows work to be done?
9. For biomass, solar, coal, natural gas, oil, and geothermal energy, identify each energy resource as renewable or non-renewable.
10. What factors are important in judging how helpful an energy resource is to us?