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Energy And Its Types Flashcards

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What is the basic need of living things?

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Energy

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Life cannot exist without…

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Energy

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It is produced by nature and inexhaustible (abundant)

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Renewable energy

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It moves highspeed, energies used are depleting. Example of this are wind mills.

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Wind energy

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The ability to work a technology, the movement of an object powered by energy resources.

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Energy

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An energy resource produced by the sun.

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Solar energy

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Low solar energy includes…

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heating water, air for cooking, drying

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High solar energy includes…

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electricity used in communities

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Solar panels are made of what?

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Solar cells

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A type of renewable energy resource that saves the fuel reserves and power generated from moving water like river. Usually restored in dams and water reservoir.

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Hydro energy

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A renewable energy resource produced beneath Earth’s surface.

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Geothermal energy

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High temperature underground heats water and creates steam, which run the turbines in converting electrical energy.

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Geothermal energy process

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Refers to the rise and fall of the water level of the ocean which is influenced by gravitational force of the moon.

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Tidal energy

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Produced when burning radioactive elements undergo nuclear fission.

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Nuclear energy

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Examples of nuclear energy includes…

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fossil fuels, coal, natural gas, petroleum

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Energy resources that can run out in the future and takes a long time to replace/can’t be replaced.

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Non-renewable energy

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Formed a long time ago due to degradation of animals and plants on the ground under high pressure and temperature, referred to as main source of fossil fuels.

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Coal

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Thick, black liquid that formed upon decomposition of liquid organic matter when organisms die and sink at the bottom of the ocean, decomposition of natural gas.

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Petroleum/Crude

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Came from fossils and often colorless. Main component is methane, used for cooking (LPG) and fuels automobiles.

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Natural gas

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Wind energy resources located on land, on top of hills and open fields, driven by the natural movement of the air.

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Onshore wind energy

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Wind energy resources located in shallow water and generates electricity from wind blowing across the sea

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Offshore wind energy

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