Energy+Webquest+Part+2

N ame _ __Class__ _ __ Energy sources webquest Part II  Go to [|www.eia.doe.gov/kids] Click on yellow energy facts circle on the left. Under the word renewable click on biomass. 1. Biomass contains ___ __energy from the__ _. 2. Why is it renewable? __ Read the paragraph to the right of the **//Types of Biomass//** picture. 3. What are other usable forms of energy provided by biomass? ___ 4. Scroll down to **//Biofuels- Ethanol and Biodiesel//**. In the ethanol paragraph what does it say that 99% of ethanol produced in the U.S. is used to make? _ 5. At the gas stations near the Farnsworth they sell E10. Can I use this in my regular car engine? _ 6. Scroll down to **//Biomass and the Environment//**. Read the 1st paragraph. When biomass crops are grown a nearly equivalent mass of __is captured. Hit the back button.__ __ 7. Minimize this screen. Now click on [|//Water and Wastewater.com Video Center// - //Schrack Farm// Methane **...**] Watch **//part//** of the video by hitting the play button. Also read the paragraph adjacent to the video frame. How is this farm in Pa. generating electricity? __ 8. Return to Energy Facts on the Kid’s page and click on Uranium under nonrenewable. Read the **//second paragraph//** under **//Nuclear fuel-Uranium.//** During nuclear a small particle called a  __hits the uranium atom and splits it releasing a great amount of__ _ __as heat an__ __.__ __ 8a. Scroll down to **//Nuclear power plants generate electricity//**. What % of net electricity generated in U.S. is due to nuclear power? __ __ 9. Scroll to **//Nuclear and the Environment.//** Where in the U.S. will the Dept. of Energy’s long range plan for spent nuclear fuel be stored? ___ 10. Hit the back button to the energy facts page and click on **//Oil//** under nonrenewable. Look at the pictures at the top of the page. Why is oil considered to be nonrenewable? _ _  11. Scroll down to **//What fuels are made from crude oil?//** Read the 2nd paragraph. Look at the last paragraph. Name 3 other products that we get from petroleum? , ___,__ _ __ 12. Look at the section titled **//How does//** **//oil impact the environment?//** at the bottom as you scroll down. Do you think there is greater environmental impact with oil than with the other energy sources you’ve researched in this webquest? Yes or no? __ Why? __ 13. Minimize the screen and click on [|//Teachers//' //Domain//: //Oil Spill//: //Exxon Valdez//, //1989//] Click on the video button next to the bird’s picture to view. What do you think about this accident? ___ ___ Close this link. If you are done with the webquest, ask your teacher for further instructions.