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ScienceVocab 135-161
Question | Answer |
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El Nino | The warm water event on the Pacific Ocean |
La Nina | The cold water event on the Pacific Ocean |
Global Warming | The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere |
CFCs | Cleaners for electronics that are the major cause of ozone depletion |
Energy Transformation | A change from one form of energy to another |
combustion | burning |
Fossil Fuels | energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms |
Hydrocarbons | chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms |
Coal | solid fossil fuel formed from plant remains |
Oil | Thick, black, liquid fossil fuel |
Petroleum | another name for oil, comes from Latin word Petra(rock) and Oleum(oil) |
Refinery | A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products |
Petrochemicals | compounds that are made from oil |