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Energy Sources Overview for VI-A

The document discusses different types of energy sources including solar energy, wind energy, energy from rain, fossil fuel energy, nuclear energy, and geothermal energy. It provides details on each type of energy source, describing how solar energy comes from the sun, wind energy is captured via wind turbines, rain energy can be collected and stored in dams, fossil fuels are remains of ancient organisms, nuclear energy uses controlled nuclear reactions, and geothermal energy comes from heat within the Earth. The document is part of a science class lesson on energy for a student named M. Saad Baig.

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Energy Sources Overview for VI-A

The document discusses different types of energy sources including solar energy, wind energy, energy from rain, fossil fuel energy, nuclear energy, and geothermal energy. It provides details on each type of energy source, describing how solar energy comes from the sun, wind energy is captured via wind turbines, rain energy can be collected and stored in dams, fossil fuels are remains of ancient organisms, nuclear energy uses controlled nuclear reactions, and geothermal energy comes from heat within the Earth. The document is part of a science class lesson on energy for a student named M. Saad Baig.

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NAME: M.

SAAD BAIG

CLASS: VI–A

SUBJECT: SCIENCE

ENERGY:
Energy is ability to do work.
SOURCES OF ENERGY:
 SOLAR ENERGY
 WIND ENERGY
 ENERGY FROM RAIN
 FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY
 NUCLEAR ENERGY
 GOETHERMAL ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY:
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the
sun, has been harnessed by humans since
ancient times using a range of ever-evolving
technologies. Solar radiation, along with
secondary solar-powered resources such as
wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and
biomass, account for most of the available
renewable energy on earth. Only a minuscule
fraction of the available solar energy is used.

WIND ENERGY:
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 ships.
RAIN ENERGY:
rain that fall on mountain regions can be
collected and stored in [Link] stored water
has gravitational potential [Link]
dam,water is released to drive turbines which in turn drive
electric genrators.
FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY:
Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural resources such as
anaerobic decomposition of burieddead organisms. The age of
the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically
millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.
The fossil fuels, which contain high percentages of carbon,
include coal, petroleum, and natural gases.

NUCLEAR ENERGY:
Nuclear power is produced by
controlled (i.e., non-explosive)
nuclear reactions. Commercial
and utility plants currently use
nuclear fission reactions to heat
water to produce steam, which is
then used to generate
electricity .Nuclear fusion
reactions have the potential to
be safer and generate less
radioactive waste than fission.
though technically quite difficult
and have yet to be created on a
scale that could be used in a
functional power plant.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY:
Geothermal energy is thermal energy
generated and stored in the Earth.
Thermal energy is energy that determines
the temperature of matter. Earth's
geothermal energy originates from the original formation of
the planet, from radioactive decay of minerals, from volcanic
activity, and from solar energy absorbed at the surface.

ENERGY AND SOCIETY

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