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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What is Hydroelectricity?
(292) - Energy that is drawn from heat within the Earth and used to drive electric generators.
- What is Geothermal Energy? (292)