Vocabulary 1
Result
Outcome
Original
Primary
Able to be had
Available
A fossil fuel that occurs in the gas state
Natural gas
What kind of energy uses the sun?
Solar energy
A material that releases energy as heat when it burns
Fuel
Something made for a particular purpose
Device
Effects
Impact
The unstable elements that produce nuclear energy
Nuclear fuel
What kind of energy is from moving water?
Hydropower
The process of burning a fuel to produce heat and light
Combustion
Coal
The release of substances into the environment
Emissions
What Fuel is formed on land from decomposing things, used for fire, solid, and made from pressure and heat?
Coal
What kind of energy can be used over and over?
Renewable energy
Stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy
A liquid fossil fuel formed by the decay of ancient plants and animals
Petroleum
Harmful substance in the environment
Pollutant
What fuel is formed in the ocean, not used for fire, is an oil/gas, and is created just through pressure?
Petroleum
What kind of energy runs out once we use it?
Nonrenewable energy
Materials that formed as ancient plants and animals decayed underground
Fossil fuels
An element found underground
Uranium
A pollutant that increases the atmosphere's ability to hold heat
Greenhouse gas
What does a turbine do in an energy generator?
Changes heat energy into kinetic energy
What kind of energy is from the heat below Earth's surface?
Geothermal energy