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Chapter 17 Nonrenewable Energy – Chapter 17 Vocabulary
Section 17.1 Energy Resources & Fossil Fuels
Objectives
1. List five factors that influence the value of a fuel.
2. Explain how fuels are used to generate electricity in an electric power plant.
3. Identify patterns of energy consumption and production in the world and in the United States.
4. Explain how fossil fuels form and how they are used.
5. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of fossil-fuel use.
6. List three factors that influence predictions of fossil-fuel production.
17.1 Vocabulary
fossil fuel
electric generator
petroleum
oil reserve
17.1 mp3 (16:05)
17.1 Active Reading (pages 89 & 90) (pdf pages 100 & 101)
Self-Check Quiz Section 1: Energy Resources and Fossil Fuels
Section 17.2 Nuclear Energy
Objectives
1. Describe nuclear fission.
2. Describe how a nuclear power plant works.
3. List three advantages and three disadvantages of nuclear energy.
17.2 Vocabulary
nuclear energy
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
17.2 mp3 (8:35)
17.2 Active Reading (pages 91 & 92) (pdf pages 102 & 103)
Self-Check Quiz Section 2: Nuclear Energy
Chapter 17 Critical Thinking (280-283) – individual chapter 18 critical thinking pages
Chapter 17 Map Skills (pdf page 351) – individual chapter 17 map skills page
Chapter 17 Concept Review (pages 33 & 34) (pdf pages 37 & 38) – individual chapter 17 concept review pages
Enrichment and Extension
Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers: Energy Resources
If you are looking for challenging puzzles that use terms and concepts from the chapter, give this worksheet a try!
Chapter 17 Labs
Modeling Labs
Relating Combustion with Emission
Observation Labs
Consumer Labs
