In this video you will learn vocabulary related to different kinds of renewable energy. Click on the link below.
Renewable energy is energy that is replaced naturally or controlled carefully and can therefore be used without the risk of using it all up. Renewable sources of energy include wind and solar power.
Fill the gap in each sentence with one word or expression from the box.
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1. Biodiesel is a type of ________________ made from plants.
2. _______________ energy comes from heat that is stored deep in the Earth.
3. Most of the country’s ________________ energy is from wind power.
4. ___________ power is a way of harnessing energy from the sun.
5. ______________________ power stations are built near lakes and rivers in the mountains.
6. The city has a new fleet of buses that run on ____________ from food waste.
7. This offshore ______________ supplies 450,000 homes with electricity.
8. Some _______________ are located on land and others are located at sea.
9. We have installed ________________ on our roof and they produce almost all our electricity.
10. The country is planning to construct 50 dams for the generation of _______________ .
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Non-renewable energy is energy that cannot be replaced after use such as fossil fuels or natural resources (i.e. gas or oil). Do you know words related to non-renewable energy?
Fill the gap in each sentence with one word or expression from the box.
coal, electricity, energy, fossil fuels, gas, nuclear energy, oil, petrol, power, power station
1. When ____________, like coal and oil, are burned to produce energy, they create greenhouse gases.
2. The UK extracts _________, and some oil, from the North Sea.
3. There is a _______________ located near the town, which causes air pollution.
4. Several companies are drilling for ___________ in the region.
5. If more people installed solar panels, they would use less _____________ from non-renewable sources like coal.
6. Burning coal to generate ______________ produces far more carbon dioxide than other fossil fuels.
7. The aim is to eliminate carbon pollution from the ______________ industry by 2050.
8. ______________ does not produce carbon dioxide but it does produce radioactive waste.
9. At the height of the Industrial Revolution, vast numbers of people spent their lives working in factories and ___________ mines.
10.__________ and diesel fumes pollute the environment and contribute to climate change.
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