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6th Unit 04
Energy Resources & Transformations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biomass | material derived from living things |
| coal | a hard black fuel formed from dead plants over millions of years an extract from the ground as a non-renewable resource |
| energy | the ability in the system to do work required for changes to happen within the system |
| energy resources | the supply of energy that can be used to generate Electric Power |
| fossil fuels | a naturally-formed such as oil,natural gases and coal |
| geothermal energy | heat transfer from beneath the earth's surface use for humans uses |
| greenhouse gases | gases in the atmosphere that trap Heat within the atmosphere |
| hydropower | a renewable resource mainly based on naturally moving water |
| landfill | a disposal site of Solid Waste |
| Natural Gas | a natural gas usually found in the ground |
| non-renewable | non-replaceable in a short. Of time |
| nuclear power | energy from the decay of uranium atoms |
| oil | a full name mobile substance that is yellow to Black that is built up of hydrocarbons occurring naturally beneath the Earth surface |
| pollution | a level of unwanted or harmful minerals that are in a environment |
| renewable | replaceable in natural memes within a short time |
| solar power | energy collected by the Sun that can be converted into use full energy |
| wind energy | energy from turbines that harness the movement of air |