Nonrenwable & Renewable Energy Resources Flashcards

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Hydrocarbons

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A substance (such as coal or natural gas) that contains only carbon and hydrogen

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Fossil fuels

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A fuel that is formed in the earth from dead plants and animals.

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Petroleum

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A kind of oil that comes from the ground and that is the source of gasoline and other products.

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Refinery

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A place where the unwanted substances in something are removed

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Coal

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A black hard substance with in the earth that is used as a fuel

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Oil

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I thick black liquid that comes from the ground and that is used in making various products

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Natural gas

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Gas issuing from the earths crust through natural openings or bored wells

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Nonrenewable resources

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A resource that once it’s used, it’s gone

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Renewable resource

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Something that can be replaced (corn).

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Coal formation

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Decomposing plant (organic) matter, layers upon layers of sediment cover the organic material, condensed under high pressure, hundreds of million years old.

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Greenhouse gas

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Any of a various gaseous compounds that absorb infrared radiation (carbon dioxide).

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Solar energy

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Powered by the sun

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Radiant energy

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Energy traveling as electromagnetic waves.

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Thermal energy

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Energy in the form of heat.

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Passive solar heating

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Windows, floors, and walls made to collect solar energy.

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Active solar heating

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Solar collector

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Any of various devices for the absorption of solar radiation for the heating of water or buildings or production of electricity.

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Solar power plants

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Power plants that provide power from the sun.

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Solar cells

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An electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity

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Turbine

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Rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into us give work

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Generator

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Device that converts mechanical to electrical energy

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Hydroelectric power

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water turbine that turns water into electricity power

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Wind power

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Conversion of wind energy into another form of energy

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Geothermal energy

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Thermal energy generated and stored in the earth

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Nuclear power

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Nuclear process to generate heat and electricity