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Mechanical energy
Mechanical energy is what is produced by mechanical type forces, like elastic and gravitational forces.The following three pictures show situations involving mechanical energy.
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Electrical energy
Electrical energy is caused by the movement of the electric charges inside conductors. This energy fundamentally produces 3 types of effects: luminous, thermal and magnetic.The following visual tries to give greater details about what electrical energy is.
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Biomass energy
The educational resource shows information about the concept biomass energy and its advantages and its disadvantages.
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Coal
The educational resource shows information about the coal: coal is a light, black substance which comes from the fossilization of vegetable matter. Coal is used as an industrial fuel, in power stations and in home heating. There are 4 types of coal: anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite and peat.You can see how they are formed in the following animation.
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Fossil fuels
Energy from fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) comes from substances which originated from the accumulation, millons of years ago, of large quantities of remains of living beings at the bottom of lakes and other sedimentary depressions. By clicking on the following controls you can learn more about each one of these fuels.
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Energy sources
The educational resource shows information about the energy sources: energy sources are the resources which exist in nature from which human beings can obtain energy which they can use for their activities.
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