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Renewable Energy Resource

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A renewable energy resource is an energy resource that can be replaced within a lifetime.

Renewable Energy Resources

Being replaced does not mean being re-used. Trees are a renewable energy resource because they can be burned and then replaced with new trees, but you cannot re-use them because you can't burn the same tree twice.

There are several renewable energy resources that humans use:

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A renewable energy resource is an energy resource that can be replaced within a lifetime.

Renewable Energy Resources

Being replaced does not mean being re-used. Trees are a renewable energy resource because they can be burned and then replaced with new trees, but you cannot re-use them because you can't burn the same tree twice.

There are several renewable energy resources that humans use:

There are several different ways in which renewable energy resources can be used to generate electricity. Most involve turning a generator to produce electricity. However, Solar Power has no moving parts.

Beyond the Curriculum

References

AQA

Renewable energy resources, page 276, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
Renewable energy resources, pages 175-178, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
Renewable energy resources, pages 21, 23-5, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
Renewable energy resources, pages 292-3, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA
Renewable energy resources, pages 45-53, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
Renewable energy resources, pages 47-55, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA