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6th Unit 4 Sicence
Energy Resourses and Transformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability of a system to do work.Energy is required for changes to happen within a system. |
| Boimass | material diverted from living things. |
| Coal | A hard,black solid fuel formed from the remains of plants over millions of years and extracted from the ground; a nonrenewable fossil fuel. |
| Energy resource. | A source or supply of energy that can be used to generate electric power to meet people's needs. |
| Fossil Fuel | A natural,nonrenewable fuel such as coal,oil,or natural gas formed a vert long time ago from the remains of living oranisms. |
| Wind Energy | energy formed turbines that hardness email the movement of air and converted into usable energy; a renewable resource |
| Solar power | Energy collected from the Sun and converted into usable energy; a renewable resource |
| Renewable | Replaceable by natural means in a short period of time. |
| Pollution | The presence of harmful or unwanted levels of material in the environment |
| Petroleum(Oil) | A flammable,yellow-to-black liquid composed of hydrocarbons occurring naturally beneath Earth's surface;a nonrenewable fossil fuel processed to make gasoline used in vehicles. |
| Nuclear power | Energy Harnessed from the decay of uranium atoms |
| Non-renewable | Not replaced by natural means within a short period of time. |
| Natural Gas | A gas usually found in the ground positioned above petroleum deposits that is turned to obtain energy;a nonrenewable fossil fuel. |
| Landfill | A disposal site for solid waste |
| Hydro powder | A renewable source of energy based on the natural movement of water |
| Greenhouse gas | Gas in the atmosphere that trap heat within the atmosphere. |
| Geothermal energy | He transformed from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use. |