[2014] giovanni cassino: Valuable Resources of North America

Valuable Resources of North AmericaBy Giovanni Cassino

Hydro Energy

Flowing water creates energy that can be captured and turned into electricity.The most common type of hydroelectric power plant uses a dam on a river to store water in a reservoir.Another type of hydropower plant is called a pumped storage plant withch can also store power.

Solar Power

Wind Power

Fossil Fuels

A Fossil Fuels is natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Wind power is made from wind turbines. When wind turbines when the wind spins the propellers the turbines generate electricity.The largest wind farm has 627 turbines in texas.

Solar power is energy from the sun in a form af heat and light.Solar power that can be used to heat water witch is called solar thermal power. Solar power also can be used to power homes and create eletrical power.

Forests

Fishing And Farming

The fish are kept in tanks until they are bigger so they can be sold for profits. And fish is not a big food source in North America Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. As of the 2007 census of agriculture, there were 2.2 million farms, covering an area of 922 million acres (3,730,000 km2), an average of 418 acres (1.69 km2) per farm.

Animals

The aim of this site is to provide a guide to North American wildlife, covering Canadian animals, animals of the United States of America and Mexican animals. Where possible, images of animals in the wild have been used. Many are from well-known American and Canadian national parks. Most of the marine mammals from around the North American coastline (seals and whales) are represented on the site. Some photos are from zoos both in North America and a small number are from overseas.For most species there are several pictures and a distribution map, and also a fact sheet with information about habitat, feeding, and for threatened and endangered species there are some conservation notes.

The forests are many homes to to animals but human are cutting the trees down for lumber and space. Most of canada and parts of the united states are covered in trees. The United States has 154 protected areas known as National Forests covering 188,391,233 acres (762,392 km2/294,361 sq. mi). The National Forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.