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DO NOW: Energy Resources Date: December 8, 2014
Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone DO NOW: Date: December 8, 2014 TEKS6.7A research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources. Pick up a new Do Now sheet Put your CB on your desk Use the class set reading at your table to answer today’s question 4. Q?: What is the author’s purpose in this week’s “Clean Energy?” reading? 5. Get your netbook and sign in
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Energy Resources December 8, 2014 Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone Energy Sources Used to Generate Electricity in the U.S. Source Description Your Rank Pair Rank Actual Rank Biomass Uses wood, crops, or other organic material Fossil Fuels Uses coal, oil, and other natural gas Geothermal Uses thermal energy found inside the earth Hydropower Uses the energy of moving water Nuclear Uses radioactive substances such as Uranium Solar Uses energy directly from the sun Wind Uses energy from moving air :
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Energy Resources December 8, 2014 Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone Energy Sources Used to Generate Electricity in the U.S. Source Description Your Rank Pair Rank Actual Rank Biomass Uses wood, crops, or other organic material Fossil Fuels Uses coal, oil, and other natural gas Geothermal Uses thermal energy found inside the earth Hydropower Uses the energy of moving water Nuclear Uses radioactive substances such as Uranium Solar Uses energy directly from the sun Wind Uses energy from moving air :
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Energy Resources December 8, 2014 Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone Energy Sources Used to Generate Electricity in the U.S. Source Description Your Rank Pair Rank Actual Rank Biomass Uses wood, crops, or other organic material 5 Fossil Fuels Uses coal, oil, and other natural gas 1 Geothermal Uses thermal energy found inside the earth 4 Hydropower Uses the energy of moving water 3 Nuclear Uses radioactive substances such as Uranium 2 Solar Uses energy directly from the sun 6 Wind Uses energy from moving air 7 :
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DO NOW: Energy Resources Date: December 9, 2014
Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone DO NOW: Date: December 9, 2014 TEKS6.7A research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources. Get out your Do Now sheet Put your CB on your desk Q?: The word “photovoltaic” in Paragraph 1 is composed of two root words. What are they, and what do they mean? Photo = light Voltaic = producing electricity
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DO NOW: Energy Resources Date: December 10 – 11, 2014
Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone DO NOW: Date: December 10 – 11, 2014 TEKS6.7A research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources. Get out your Do Now sheet Put your CB on your desk Q?: What are the drawbacks of solar panel manufacturing?
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DO NOW: Energy Resources Date: December 12, 2014
Ms. Smith Mrs. Malone DO NOW: Date: December 12, 2014 TEKS6.7A research and debate the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources. Get out your Do Now sheet Put your CB on your desk Q?: What makes solar energy power a much cleaner possibility than any nonrenewable energy source?
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