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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Unit 2 vocabulary review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |