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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Unit 2 vocabulary review
Term | Definition |
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biomass | plant materials and animal waste used as fuel |
geothermal | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
green energy | Clean energy |
hydropower | energy that comes from the force of moving water |
manufacture | the act of making something (a product) from raw materials |
pollutants | harmful substances in the air, water, or soil |
power plants | factories that make power, such as electricity |
renewable | able to be created again |
solar | energy from the sun |
turbine | A machine with blades that turns because wind or water |
wind energy | energy from the wind |
atom | The basic unit of matter |
bonds | How atoms attach |
combustion | The act of burning something |
conservation | Act of using a resource wisely |
heat energy | Type of energy that is hot |
nonrenewable | Not able to be made again quickly by nature or people |
work | The use of force to move an object |