Chapter 6 Science Vocab
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- Compounds that are made from oil
- petrochemicals
- What is the process of burning a fuel to release energy?
- Combustion
- The central core of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons
- nucleus
- Intense heat from the Earth's center
- geothermal energy
- The splitting of an atom's nucleus into two smaller nuclei is called
- nuclear fission
- Rods of uranium 235 that produce fission reactions
- fuel rods
- A factory where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products by heating
- refinery
- Energy rich substances formed over millions of years from the remians of once-living organisms
- fossil fuels
- Wood, plant wastes, manure, and other fuels made from living things
- biomass fuels
- The section of a nuclear reactor where nuclear fission occurs
- reactor vessel
- Energy given off by the sun in the form of heat and light
- solar energy
- A mixture of alcohol and gasoline used as fuel
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gasohol
- Electricity produced by flowing water
- hydroelectric power
- The percentage of energy actually used to perform work
- efficiency
- A substance that provides a form of energy as the result of a chemical change
- fuel