Vocabulary
Other Sources of Energy
Fossil Fuels
Mixed Bag 1
Mixed Bag 2
100
The energy of sunlight
What is solar energy?
100
Burning garbage to make steam and the electricity is an inexpensive use of this.
What is biomass?
100
Molecules break apart and release heat.
What happens when fossil fuel is burned?
100
The energy released when the nucleus of an atom is split apart.
What is nuclear energy?
100
This is easily burned to produced energy.
What is fossil fuel?
200
Heat from the inside of the Earth.
What is geothermal energy?
200
This happens in order for geothermal energy to take place.
What is magma heating water?
200
Petroleum is used mainly for this.
What is the main source of energy for transportation?
200
This allows sunlight to release electrons in order to generate electricity.
What are solar cells/solar panels?
200
A form of hydroelectric energy that produces electricity from the rising and falling of tides.
What is tidal energy?
300
Organic matter, such as wood, that is living or was recently alive.
What is biomass?
300
A disadvantage in using this energy is producing dangerous waste products.
What is nuclear energy?
300
This releases the least amount of heat per kilogram when burned.
What is hardwood?
300
Increasing water pressure is how this produces hydroelectric energy.
What is a dam?
300
Electricity generated from the force of moving water.
What is hydroelectric energy?
400
The energy released when the nuclei of two atoms are forced together to form a larger nucleus.
What is fusion energy?
400
A disadvantage of using this energy source is the inability to produce a constant flow of energy.
What is a wind turbine?
400
These 2 things are used to give transportation energy.
What are gasoline and diesel fuel?
400
Fossil fuels contributes to this by releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide.
What is global warming?
400
This is the reason that nuclear power plants are not being built today.
What is dangerous wastes or expensive costs?
500
The forces that join atoms to each other.
What are chemical bonds?
500
Water, steam and wind are the things that gets this to spin.
What are the blades of a generator?
500
When fossil fuel is burned, this type of energy is turned into chemical energy.
What is thermal energy?
500
This is the reason many people do not use solar power.
What is the expensive cost or not enough sunlight?
500
If a computer controlled a wind turbine it makes it more efficient by doing this.
What is generating consistent energy?
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