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Ch 18 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biomass Energy | Energy that is produced from a certain material. |
| Biofuels | Liquid fuels from biomass sources. |
| Geothermal energy | High pressure combined with the breakdown of radioactive elements. |
| Ground source heat pump | A device used to pump hot water into buildings. |
| Hydropower | Renewable energy from the motion if water than from any other source. |
| Tidal energy | The movement of tidal water to generate electricity. |
| Ocean thermal energy (OTEC) | The process that converts the thermal energy in ocean water to electrical energy all people can use. |
| Passive solar heating | Designing a building to collect, store, and distribute the suns energy naturally, |
| Active solar heating | A system using technology to collect, store, and heat derived from the sun. |
| Flat plate solar collector | A black heat-absorbing metal plate in a flat box with a glass cover. |
| Photovoltaic (PV) cell | Solar energy converted directly into electricity |
| Concentrating solar power (CSP) | A technology that uses mirrors to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity. |
| Wind turbine | A device that converts the winds kinetic energy or, energy of motion, into electrical energy. |
| Wind farms | Large farms that contain hundreds of wind turbines. |
| Electrolysis | Water molecules that are broken down into oxygen gas and hydrogen gas. |
| Fuel cells | An electric current flowing through a wire from one terminal to another. |