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Renewable and non-renewable energy sources geography
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- 1What are renewable resources?Renewable resources are resources which can be used over and over again
- 2What is Sustainable development?Sustainable development is a way of improving people’s standard of living and quality of life without wasting resources or harming the environment.
- 3What are the factors that made the demand for energy increase ?Population growth
Technological advances
Economic development
Increasing wealth - 4What are the three types of fossil fuel ?Coal, Oil and Natural Gas
- 5State 3 disadvantages of coalProduction cost have risen
Causes air pollution by releasing CO2
Deep mining is dangerous - 6Which supertanker ran aground in Alaska in 1989 dispersing 50 million tones of crude oil ?Exxon Valdez
- 7In which countries is wind energy mainly use ?USA, Denmark and the UK
- 8What are 3 disadvantages of using wind energy ?Wind doesn’t blow constantly
Spoil the scenic attraction
Dangerous for birds - 9Name 3 countries that use H.E.P (hydroelectric power)Paraguay
Brazil
Norway - 10Where does geothermal gets its energy from ?From heated rocks several meters below ground level, which are heated by magma in earth.
- 11What is energy ?Most often when we talk about energy in geography we refer to electricity
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