GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

• is heat energy generated and stored in the Earth.

• is clean and sustainable source of power.

• a renewable energy source because the water is replenished by rainfall, and the heat is continuously produced by the earth.

USES OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

• to allow you in hot times to take heat from your house, send it down pipes into the ground (where it naturally cools), and return it to your house (where it helps bring down the temperature inside).

• used in farming to heat greenhouses

• used in industry because Its uses vary from drying fruits, drying vegetables, drying wood, and dying wool to extracting gold and silver from ore.

• Geothermal energy is also used to heat sidewalks and roads in order to prevent freezing in the winter in other countries

• Geothermal hot water and steam can naturally reach the Earth's surface in the form of hot springs, geysers, mud pots, or steam vents.