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chapter 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biomass energy | energy that is produced from this material |
| biopower | electricity that is generated by the combustion of biomass |
| geothermal energy | deep beneath the surface of earth high pressure combined with the brak dow of radioactive elements produces heat |
| ground source heat pump | takes advantage of the fact that the temperature of soil a few feet underground |
| hydropower | kinetic energy of moving water to turn turbines and generate electricity |
| tidal energy | the movement of tidal water to generate electricity |
| ocean thermal energy conversion | a process that converts the thermal energy in ocean water to electrical energy that people can use |
| passive solar heating | involves designing a building to collect store and distribute the sun is energy naturally |
| active solar heating | system 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 |
| photovoltaic | solar energy is converted directly into electricity |
| concentrating solar power | technology that uses mirrors to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity |
| wind turnbine | a device that converts the wwind is kinetic energy or energy of motion into electrical energy |
| wind farms | the world is llargest wind farms contain hundreds of turnbines |
| electrolysis | a process that releases hydrogen |
| fuel cells | the chemical reaction that takes place in a fuel cell is the reverse of the reaction for electrolysis |
| biofuels | liquid fuels from biomass sources |