Lesson 3 — 2.2 The sun

• Energy
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Energy from the sun

This lesson

• The food energy cycle
  
•  The sun
• Energy in fuels
• Research assignment green energy

The food energy cycle

The sun

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Energy in fuel

Bio fuel

Fuel produced from biomass, such as plant waste and vegetable oils.

Fossil fuel

Coal

Oil

Gas

Coal

Formed from dead plant matter which were buried under layers of mud for millions of years.

Oil and gas

Formed from dead from Dead Sea creatures. They were buried under sand at the bottom of the sea. Over millions of years they turned into gas and oil.

Research assignment 

green energy