Renewable Energy Resources

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• What are some advantages and disadvantages of hydropower?
• What is the difference between active and passive methods of harnessing solar power? What are examples of each?
• How is wind converted into useable energy?
• Why is biomass energy considered renewable?
• What is geothermal energy and how is it produced?
• Why is the only byproduct of burning hydrogen water?
• What is a renewable energy source and what are some examples?
• How can the power of moving water be harnessed to create usable energy?
• Why is solar energy a renewable resource?
• What are similarities and differences between renewable and non renewable energy resources?
• Is nuclear fusion a renewable energy resource?
• Approximately what percentage of energy in the U.S. is provided by renewable energy resources?
• Why are renewable energy resources important for people on earth?