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ENERGY

Everything, including you, has energy. The energy inside your body is chemical energy. Most of it is transformed permanently into heat energy and movement (motion).

Click here if you want to know the amount of calories you need to consume to stay healthy... and alive! 

 

 If you want to learn new things about energy click on the image

 

RENEWABLE ENERGY : It´s generated from natural resources such as water (hydropower), wind , sunlight (solar), organic material(biomass)... 

The transmission of heat is different depending on the materials involved. Look at the next graphic and watch the video.

TO LEARN WHERE DOES ELECTRICAL ENERGY COME FROM CLICK HERE 

These videos show how nuclear power stations work

The nuclear power is apparently clean and cheap. The problem comes when there is an accident. Look at what happened in Fukushima because of the tsunami.

 

Click here to know how hydroelectrical energy is obtained

Remember that energy can be dangerous for the environment,

global warming

or the  greenhouse effect

 

are new troubles that affect our world.

 

 

But there are always things that we can do 

Let´s debate! Here you are the list of advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources:

Coal and petroleum

Nuclear energy

Solar energy

Biomass and biofuels

HydroelectricaL energy

Eolic energy