Energy sources voc
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| Biomass | organic matter that contains stored energy that can be burned as fuel.
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| Biomass Energy | energy produced from burning biomass materials
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| Coal | dark brown or black natural solid substance. Consist mostly of carbon an is use for fuel.
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| Conservation | the process of saving and protecting a natural resource.
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| Ethanol | liquid fuel made from the sugar and starch in potatoes
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| Fossil Fuel | fuels formed from the remains of prehistoric organism that are burned fro energy.
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| Gasohol | mixture of gasoline and ethanol
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| Generator | a machine that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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| Geothermal Energy | energy from the center of the earth and cause movement of tectonic plates.
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| Hydroelectric Energy | the use of water to produce electricity
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| Hydrogen Fuel Cells | a device that use hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity.
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| Natural Resource | any type of matter or energy from the Earth environment that w can use to meet our needs.
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| Nonrenewable Resource | a resource that is use up more quickly that it can be replace in nature.
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| Nuclear Fission | splitting the nucleous of radioactive atoms to produce energy
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| Recycle | reusing of materials that people otherwise throw away as paper, glass, plastic, metals
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| Reduce | use small or less quantity
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| Renewable Resource | energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale,
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| Reuse | find a way to use a resource again without changing it or reprocessing it
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| Smog | fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants.
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| Solar Cell | a device that tarp solar energy and convert it in electricity.
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| Solar Energy | energy from sunlight
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| Turbine | a device that convert kinetic energy into electricity
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| Wind Energy | Energy produced by wind turning
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| Wind Farm | Hundreds of Windmills are built on one site or area
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