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ENVIRONMENTAL SC. C11: ENERGY

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A device that converts mechanical energy into electric energy.
What is an Electric Generator? (280)
The remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago.
What are Fossil Fuels? (281)
Those natural resources that are continually produced or recycled.
What are Renewable Resources?
(282)
The energy that exists within the nucleus of an atom.
What is Nuclear Energy? (283)
When subatomic bonds are broken apart releasing huge amounts of energy.
What is Nuclear Fission? (283)
Resources that can not be reproduced by man such as Fossil Fuels.
What are Nonrenewable Resources? (282)
The process of combining lightweight atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, releasing large amounts of energy in the process.
What is Nuclear Fusion? (286)
A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a Proton? (283)
A neutral/uncharged particle in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a Neutron? (283)
The energy from the sun.
What is Solar Energy? (288)
Sunlight is used to heat buildings directly without pumps or fans.
What is Passive Solar Energy?
(288)
Making use of solar collectors to capture the sun's energy & transform it by heat exchangers into heated water.
What is Solar Water Heating?
(290)
Devices that convert the sun's energy directly into electricity.
What are Solar Cells? (290)
Devices such as panes used atop buildings to collect solar heat and deliver it to a heat exchanger which heats up water for use.
What are Solar Collectors (290)
Electricity produced by converting the energy of moving water.
What is Hydroelectricity?
(292)
Energy that is drawn from heat within the Earth and used to drive electric generators.
What is Geothermal Energy? (292)

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