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Chapter 18 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biomass energy | Energy that is produced from this material |
| bio fuels | Liquid fuels from biomass sources, |
| bio power | Electricity that is generated by the combustion of biomass |
| geothermal energy | high pressure combine with the breakdown of radioactive elements produce heat. |
| ground source heat pump | Device used to help ground source heat pump. |
| hydro power | using kinetic energy of moving turning water to generate electricity |
| tidal energy | using the movement of tidal water to generate electricity |
| Ocean thermal energy conversion | process that converts thermal energy in the ocean water to electrical energy people use |
| Passive solar heating | designing a building to collect store and distribute the suns energy neutrally |
| active solar heating | uses technology to collect move and store heat derived from the sun |
| flat-plate solar collector | generally consists of a black heat absorbing metal plate in a flat box with a glass cover |
| photovolatic cell | solar energy is converted directly into electricity |
| Concentrating solar power | a thecnology 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 | A farm will hundreds of wind turbines |
| electrolysis | a procedure where water molecules are broken down into oxygen gas and hydorgine gas by an electric current that runs through the water |
| fuel cells | device that converts hydrogen or another fuel into electtricity |