We use these products to heat and light our homes, schools, and businesses, and to power our cars and other machines.įuel for Thought Physics is a science that deals with energy.
Just as our bodies convert chemicals from food to energy, we convert some of Earth’s resources, like coal and oil, into energy products like electricity and fuels. Food is the fuel your body converts to energy. How does your body get energy? It comes from food.
You might even say, “I have so much energy I feel like I could run 20 miles.” Running is work, and you would certainly need energy to run 20 miles. That makes sense, because when you have a lot of energy, you feel like you can do many things. Solar Energy Advantages and Disadvantagesĭo you know what energy is? Scientists define energy as the ability to do work. – Post Office Box 3328, Vero Beach, FL 32964 (Let's Explore Global Energy) Summary: Introduces Solar Energy and its positive or negative impact on the environment, particularly our future. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Armentrout, David and Patricia Solar Energy / David and Patricia Armentrout. Reid Jr.: page 43Įdited by Kelli Hicks Cover design by Nicky Stratford, Interior design by Teri Intzegian PHOTO CREDITS: © Thomas Gordon: page 4 © Mehmet Salih Guler: page 5 © Kapu: page 7 background © tomos3: page 6 left © Andrew Penner: page 7 top © Hugo de Wolf: page 7 bottom © SOHO Consortium: page 9 © Jirijura: page 10 Courtesy: NASA: page 12, 13, 39 © PhotoDisc: page 15 © StillFX: page 17 © Giorgio Fochesato: page 19 © Oktay Ortakcioglu: page 20 © Duncan Gilbert: page 21 © Tobias Machhaus: page 25 © Sergei Butorin: page 25 inset © Markus Gann: page 26 © ConstantGardener: page 27 © Otmar Smit: page 29 Courtesy: Sandia/Photo by Randy Montoya: page 30, 33 © Seimans: page 31 © Marli Miller: page 32 © Eliza Snow: page 34 © Kativ: page 35 Courtesy: Panasonic World Solar Challenge: page 37 Courtesy: United States Air Force/ Senior Airman Larry E. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. © 2009 Rourke Publishing LLC All rights reserved. R a l o S ENERGY David and Patricia Armentrout
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