Vocabulary
hydrocarbons
what are chemical compounds made of hydrogen and carbon?
Solar power
What is energy that comes from the sun?
Oil or Petroleum
What is a thick, black liquid fossil fuel made from plant and animal remains?
What minerals produce
What are glass, aluminum, and steel?
pro and con of biomass fuel
What is prevents waste and is not as useful alone/
A layer of material that traps air
What is insulation?
Hydroelectricity
What is energy that comes from flowing water?
Natural Gas
What is a mixture of methane and other gases that is formed from plant and animal remains?
What Fossil Fuels produce
What are gasoline, and plastic?
Pro and cons of hydrogen power
What is abundant and no way to store?
efficiency
What is the percentage of energy that is actually used to perform work?
Wind power and how it works
What is energy produced by the mind through wind turbines?
Coal
What is a dirty, black solid fossil fuel made from plant and animal remains?
What Plants produce
What are fruits and veggies, cotton, paper, and wood products?
Pro and Con of Wind Power
What is Clean and bird death?
nuclear fission
What is the splitting of an atoms nucleus that creates two nuclei?
traits of hydrogen power
What is safe, abundant, and clean?
A con of coal
What causes runoff and erosion?
What animals produce
What are dairy products, wool, and leather?
Pro and Con of Hydroelectricity
What is powerful and not available everywhere?
Fossil Fuel
What are energy rich substances formed from remains of plants and animals?
how nuclear power forms
What is nuclear fission?
ratio of power to pollution with natural gas
what produces a lot of energy but causes no pollution?
Cowhide
Where does leather come from?
pro and con of nuclear power
What is no pollution and toxic waste?