Nuclear Power
This part of a nuclear reactor absorbs neutrons to regulate the fission reaction.
What is a control rod?
This term refers to energy sources that can be replenished naturally.
What is renewable energy?
This type of solar energy uses mechanical or electrical devices like solar panels.
What is active solar power?
This term refers to the unwanted marine life caught during commercial fishing.
What is bycatch?
This term means reducing energy use by changing behavior or technology.
What is energy conservation?
These are pellets of uranium packed into rods and used to generate heat.
What are fuel rods?
This term means using energy resources without depleting them for future generations.
What is sustainable energy?
This solar technology converts sunlight directly into electricity.
What is a photovoltaic cell?
This fishing method is considered the most ecologically destructive.
What is bottom trawling?
This term refers to getting more output from the same amount of energy.
What is energy efficiency?
This term describes the time it takes for half of a radioactive substance to decay.
What is a half-life?
Biomass energy comes from these types of materials
What are organic materials or living/recently living organisms?
This type of solar energy uses building design to naturally collect heat.
What is passive solar power?
When larger species are depleted and smaller ones are caught instead, this occurs.
What is fishing down the food chain?
The energy source humans have used the longest.
What is hot springs?
This type of radioactive waste is more dangerous due to its longevity and radioactivity.
What is high-level radioactive waste?
Name one reason why a renewable energy source may not be sustainable.
What is deforestation or habitat destruction?
This renewable energy source uses Earth’s internal heat.
What is geothermal energy?
These are areas where fishing is restricted or banned to protect marine life.
What are marine protected areas.
This term describes the spontaneous breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei.
What is radioactive decay?
Name one hazard associated with uranium mining.
What is radiation exposure or toxic dust inhalation?
This is the time required for an energy investment to earn back its cost through savings.
What is payback time?
Ground-source heat pumps are more widely used than other geothermal systems because of this reason.
What is relying on shallow, consistent ground temperatures?
This is a major con of aquaculture related to environmental pollution.
What is it being a point source of pollution?
This type of waste includes contaminated tools, clothing, and filters
What is low-level radioactive waste?