Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – The type of energy generated by sources of renewable energy which do not give off emissions that are harmful to the environment.
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – Fuels that come from the Earth. Fossil fuels are all old life forms that have decomposed and been compressed over a long period of time under ground or under the sea. Coal, oil and gas are fossil fuels.
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Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – All substances are made of chemicals. The way these are joined together can store energy. This is called chemical energy. This energy can be released when there is a chemical reaction, for example when fuels are burned.
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – A gas, in its most common form, that is found in the Earth’s atmosphere. It is a greenhouse gas that can be harmful to the environment as it contributes towards global warming.
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – A simple turbine has a shaft and blades that turn movement into energy. Usually water or air push the blades and turn the shaft. Turbines are used to turn the generator.
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Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – The change in the usual conditions of weather (temperature, wind, rainfall etc.) on Earth over a long period of time. The climate has changed throughout the history of Earth, but current climate-change refers to an increase in global temperature.
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. – The increase in the Earth’s average temperature due to the greenhouse gases released in to the environment when people burn fossil fuels.