he ability to do work or cause a change,

he energy that an object has because of its position or shape,

burning; the chemical reaction when fuel combines rapidly with oxygen,

an expression of how much of the energy put into a system actually does useful work,

energy resource that is readily available or that can be replaced in a relatively short time; includes wind, moving water, sunlight, and wood,

an energy resource that cannot be replaced in a relatively short time; includes fossil fuels and nuclear energy,

the energy produced by the flow and interaction of electrons,

type of mining in which layers of surface soil and rock are removed from large areas to expose the resource,

type of mining in which vertical shafts are dug deep into the ground and networks of horizontal tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow deposits ofa resource,

liquid fossil fuel made up mostly of hydrocarbons; the primary source of gasoline,

chemical compound derived from oil that is used to make plastics, detergents, and other products,

a deposit of moist sand and clay that can be mined to extract bitumen, an oil-rich hydrocarbon,

rock that contains hydrocarbons; can be burned directly or processed to extract liquid petroleum,

type of mining pollution that occurs when oxygen and rainwater react with newly exposed rock that contains iron sulfide, forming sulfuric acid that removes metals from rocks and leaches into groundwater or enters water bodies as runoff,

ducing energy use to prolong the supply of fossil fuels,

he energy that holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom,

the conversion of the energy within an atom's nucleus to usable thermal energy by splitting apart atomic nuclei,

facility within a nuclear power plant that generates electricity through controlled nuclear fission,

thee accidental melting of the uranium fuel rods inside the core of a nuclear reactor, causing the release of radiation,

the radioactive material left over from the production of energy and other processes in a nuclear power plant,

the conversion of the energy within an atom's nucleus to usable thermal energy by forcing together the small nuclei of lightweight elements under high temperature and pressure,

icelike solid that consists of molecules of methane within a crystal network of water molecules; can be burned to release energy,

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Ch17 Vocab

Vocab Words For Ch17

Term	Definition
Energy	he ability to do work or cause a change,
Kinetic Energy	the energy produced by motion,
Potential energy	he energy that an object has because of its position or shape,
Combustian	burning; the chemical reaction when fuel combines rapidly with oxygen,
Energy Efficiancy	an expression of how much of the energy put into a system actually does useful work,
Renewable Energy	energy resource that is readily available or that can be replaced in a relatively short time; includes wind, moving water, sunlight, and wood,
Nonrenewable Energy	an energy resource that cannot be replaced in a relatively short time; includes fossil fuels and nuclear energy,
Electricity	the energy produced by the flow and interaction of electrons,
Strip Mining	type of mining in which layers of surface soil and rock are removed from large areas to expose the resource,
Subsurface Mining	type of mining in which vertical shafts are dug deep into the ground and networks of horizontal tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow deposits ofa resource,
Petrolium	liquid fossil fuel made up mostly of hydrocarbons; the primary source of gasoline,
Petrochemical	chemical compound derived from oil that is used to make plastics, detergents, and other products,
Oil sands	a deposit of moist sand and clay that can be mined to extract bitumen, an oil-rich hydrocarbon,
Oil shale	rock that contains hydrocarbons; can be burned directly or processed to extract liquid petroleum,
Acid drainage	type of mining pollution that occurs when oxygen and rainwater react with newly exposed rock that contains iron sulfide, forming sulfuric acid that removes metals from rocks and leaches into groundwater or enters water bodies as runoff,
Energy Conversion	ducing energy use to prolong the supply of fossil fuels,
Nuclear energy	he energy that holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom,
Nuclear fission	the conversion of the energy within an atom's nucleus to usable thermal energy by splitting apart atomic nuclei,
Nuclear Reactor	facility within a nuclear power plant that generates electricity through controlled nuclear fission,
Meltdown	thee accidental melting of the uranium fuel rods inside the core of a nuclear reactor, causing the release of radiation,
NUclear waste	the radioactive material left over from the production of energy and other processes in a nuclear power plant,
Nuclear fusion	the conversion of the energy within an atom's nucleus to usable thermal energy by forcing together the small nuclei of lightweight elements under high temperature and pressure,
Methane hydrate	icelike solid that consists of molecules of methane within a crystal network of water molecules; can be burned to release energy,

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