Energy!!

Submitted By: Mary-Danielle and Anna

Submitted to: Mr. Brooks

Fossil Fuels
 Fossil fuels are formed by natural resources such as an
anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms that are
hundreds of millions of years. These fuels contain a high
percentage of carbon and hydrocarbons.
 Fossils range from volatile materials with low carbon:
hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquid petroleum to
nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon like
anthracite coral.
 Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because they take millions off
years to form, and reserves are being depleted much faster
then new ones are being formed.
 The burning of fossils fuels produces 21.3 billion tons of
carbon dioxide a year but it is estimated.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_Fuels
Biomass
 Biomass is carbon based and is composed of a mixture of organic
molecules containing hydrogen, usually including atoms of oxygen, often
nitrogen and also small quantities of other atoms, including, alkali, earth
metals, and heavy metals.
 Biomass energy is derived from three distinct energy sources: wood, waste,
and alcohol fuels. Wood energy is derived both from direct use of harvested
wood as a fuel and from wood waste streams.
 Waste energy is the second-largest source of biomass energy.
 Biomass can be converted to other usable forms of energy like methane gas
or transportation fuels like ethanol and bio-diesel. Methane gas is the main
ingredient of natural gas. Smelly stuff, like rotting garbage, and agricultural
and human waste, release methane gas - also called "landfill gas" or
"biogas." Crops like corn and sugar cane can be fermented to produce the
transportation fuel, ethanol. Bio-diesel, another transportation fuel, can be
produced from left-over food products like vegetable oils and animal fats.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass
Geothermal

 The geothermal gradient is the rate at

which the earth’s temperature increases
with depth, indicating outward heat flows
from a hot interior. Away from tectonic
plate boundaries, it is 25-30°C per km of
depth in most of the world.


 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=3&q=Geothermal
Tidal Power
 Sometimes also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower
that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other
useful forms of power.
 Although not yet widely used, tidal power has potential
for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable
than wind energy and solar power. Historically, tide mills
have been used, both in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of
North America. The earliest occurrences date from the
Middle age’s, or even from Roman times.


 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=Tidal+Power&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Wind Power
 Is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form
of energy, such as using wind turbines to make
electricity, wind mills for mechanical power, wind
pumps for pumping water or drainage, or sails to
propel ship’s.
 Large-scale wind farms are connected to the
electric power transmission network; smaller
facilities are used to provide electricity to isolated
locations. Utility companies increasingly buy back
surplus electricity produced by small domestic
turbines. Wind energy as a power source is
attractive as an alternative to fossil fuels, because
it is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean,
and produces no greenhouse gas emissions
Liquid Bio-fuel

 Liquid fuels derived from plant

materials – are entering the market,
driven by factors such as oil price
spikes and the need for increased
energy security.
 Bio-ethanol is an alcohol made by
fermenting the sugar components of
plant materials and it is made mostly
from sugar and starch crops.
Solar Energy
 Solar energy can be captured by wind mills, solar
panels ect. Solar panels receive ultraviolet rays
from the sun to create electricity.
Nuclear energy:
 is released by the splitting (fission) or merging
together (fusion) of the nuclei of atom(s).
 Nuclear energy was first discovered by French
physicist Henry Becquerel in 1896, when he found
that photographic plates stored in the dark near
uranium were blackened like X-ray plates, which
had been just recently discovered at the time 1895.
Credits
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_Fuels
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass
 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=3&q=Geothermal
 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=Tidal+Power&aq
=f&oq=&start=0
 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&ei=amRHS63hA82zlAfV3
JEg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Wind+Power&spell=
1&start=0
 www.translationdirectory.com/images_articles/...
 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=Solar+panels&aq
=f&oq=&start=0
 http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&um=1&q=Nuclear%20energy&ie
=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi