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                                                                        Renewable Energy                                 myNotes

                                                                        Renewable energy comes

                                                                        from resources that will never
                                                                        run out, or that can be

                                                                        replaced. For example, wind
                                                                        is a renewable resource, since
                                 Ride bicycles                          the wind will always blow.
                                   instead of                           Windmills were invented to
                                 driving cars!
                                                                        catch that energy.
                                                                           Rivers keep flowing all
                                                                        year, so they are also a source

                                                                        of renewable energy. People
                                                                        have been using dams, water
                                                                        mills, and other means of

                                                                        harnessing water power for
                                                                        thousands of years.
                   Use oil                                                 Sunlight, which can be
                from crops!                                             converted into solar power, is

                                                                        another example of a
                                                                        renewable resource, and so
                                                                        are the plants and trees that

                                                                        can be harvested and
                                                                        converted into biofuels and
                                                                        then replanted.

                                                                           Scientists are even figuring
                                                                        out how to create energy
                                                                        from burning garbage and

                                                                        human sewage!
                Burn straw
                 and wood!



                                                                          renewable  Something that is
                                                                          renewable will always be available.
                                                                          converted  When something
                                                                          is converted, it is changed to a
                                                                          different form or changed in some
                                                                          important way.
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