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Unit 7 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Biomass | the total quantity or weight 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 |
Fuel Cell | a device that contiously changes the chemical energy of a fuel (as hydrogen) and an oxidant directly into electrical energy |
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 poisnous |
Power | the ability to do something or act in a particular way esp. as a faculty or quality |
Solar | of, relating to, or determined by the sun |