Coal- a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
Biomass- plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel
Crude oil- petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining.
Diesel- a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
Energy- The ability to do work.
Environment- the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
Ethanol- a colorless volatile flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent and in fuel —called also ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol
Fracking- a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
Fossil Fuels- a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) that is formed in the earth from dead plants or animals
Gasoline- a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
Generator- a machine that produces electricity
Hydro Power- electricity produced from machines that are run by moving water
Kinetic Energy- energy associated with motion
Natural Gas- a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
Non-renewable- energy such as gasoline does not get replenished for a very long time.
Nuclear- energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion
Photovoltaic- of, relating to, or utilizing the generation of a voltage when radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances (as two different semiconductors)
Potential Energy- the energy that something has because of its position or the way its parts are arranged
Renewable- restored or replaced by natural processes: able to be replaced by nature
Solar- produced by or using the sun's light or heat
Turbine- an engine that has a part with blades that are caused to spin by pressure from water, steam, or air
Uranium- a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel in nuclear reactors. Symbol: U; atomic weight: 238.03; atomic number: 92; specific gravity: 19.07.
Wind- a natural movement of air of any velocity
Biomass- plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel
Crude oil- petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining.
Diesel- a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
Energy- The ability to do work.
Environment- the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
Ethanol- a colorless volatile flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent and in fuel —called also ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol
Fracking- a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
Fossil Fuels- a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) that is formed in the earth from dead plants or animals
Gasoline- a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
Generator- a machine that produces electricity
Hydro Power- electricity produced from machines that are run by moving water
Kinetic Energy- energy associated with motion
Natural Gas- a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
Non-renewable- energy such as gasoline does not get replenished for a very long time.
Nuclear- energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion
Photovoltaic- of, relating to, or utilizing the generation of a voltage when radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances (as two different semiconductors)
Potential Energy- the energy that something has because of its position or the way its parts are arranged
Renewable- restored or replaced by natural processes: able to be replaced by nature
Solar- produced by or using the sun's light or heat
Turbine- an engine that has a part with blades that are caused to spin by pressure from water, steam, or air
Uranium- a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel in nuclear reactors. Symbol: U; atomic weight: 238.03; atomic number: 92; specific gravity: 19.07.
Wind- a natural movement of air of any velocity