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The photovoltaic surface that converts sunlight to electicity.
What is a solar panel?
The term for fuels such as coal and oil that are stored in the Earth
What is fossil fuels?
A fuel that comes from things that were once living
What is biomass?
The type of energy found in fuels and batteries
What is chemical energy?
Energy cannot be created, or this
What is destroyed?
The generator that uses rotating blades to convert aerodynamic forces into electricity
What is a wind turbine?
The process used to extract solid resources from within the earth
What is mining?
Potential energy from storing water behind a dam produces this power
What is hydroelectric?
The type of energy consisting of vibrating air molecules
What is sound?
The process plants use to convert sunlight into sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
Converts electrical energy to thermal energy for cooking
What is methane?
An energy source that is only available during the day
What is solar?
The mechanical energy a body has stored due to gravity
What is potential energy?
The carbon containing gas produced from burning fuels
What is carbon dioxide?
A wax cylinder that when lit produces heat and radiant energy
What is a candle?
The movement of goods from one place to another, an advantage of solid and liquid energy sources
What is transportation?
The main source of energy in Iceland and is the result of heat underground
What is geothermal energy?
The type of energy using fission or fusion to produce heat
What is nuclear energy?
The gas formed by boiling water and is used by a turbine to produce electricity
What is steam?
A material that helps keep cold items cold and hot items hot
What is insulation?
Rocks containing chemicals that must be purified before use
What is ore?
Keeping energy for later, and a main challenge for renewable power
What is energy storage?
The total energy of atoms and molecules that are constantly in motion
What is thermal energy?
The change in kinetic energy of an object
What is work?