AP Environmental Science

AP Environmental Science

1. Energy Resources and Consumption

   • Energy Concepts
     • Energy Forms
       • Renewable
         • Renewable energy is energy that comes from sources that can be replenished in a human lifetime
       • Non-Renewable
         • Nonrenewable energy is energy that comes from resources that can not be replenished in a human life time
     • Power
       • Power is electricity created either through the consumption of renewable or nonrenewable resources
     • Laws of Thermodynamics
       • The first law is that energy can not be created nor destroyed
       • The second law of thermodynamics is that we end up with less useable energy than we started with
   • Energy Consumption
     • Industrial revolution caused a large, rapid increase in energyconsumption
     • With the rise of consumerism energy production and consumption has increased
   • Fossil Fuel Resources and Use
     • Coal and oil are nonrenewable resources that is formed from fossils under pressure for millions of years