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energy
Term | Definition |
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biomass | the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume |
Consumption | the using up of a resource |
Energy | the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. |
Fuel Cell | a cell producing an electric current directly from a chemical reaction. |
Geothermal | of, relating to, or produced by the internal heat of the earth. |
Nuclear | of or relating to the nucleus of an atom. |
pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. |
solar | of, relating to, or determined by the sun. |
renewable energy | Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal |
non-renewable energy | Used to describe energy sources that exist in a limited amount on Earth. Thus all available material could eventually be completely used up. |
Hydro-power | powere generated by using water |
wind power | power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind. |
Robots | a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, esp. one programmable by a computer. |