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nonrenewable energy
Nonrenewable energy-vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | is the ability to do work or cause a change. |
| kinetic energy | is the energy that an object has due to its motion. |
| potential energy | Is energy that an object has because of its position or shape |
| combustion | is the process in which a fuel burns because it combines rapidly with oxygen. |
| energy efficiency | is an expression of how much of the energy put into a system actually does useful work. |
| renewable energy | are nearly always available somewhere on Earth's surface or they are replaced in a relatively short time. |
| nonrenewable energy | in contrast, cannot be replaced. |
| electricity | which is energy made available by the flow of an electric charge, is considered a secondary source of energy because it must be produced using a primary energy source. |
| strip mining | is the extraction of a mineral by removing a strip of the layers of soil and rock on top of the mineral deposit. |
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