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| 9201179854 | Nonrenewable | Once they're used, they will not be replaced in a human lifetime | 0 | |
| 9201179855 | Fossil fuels | Derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago. (Coal, Oil, Natural gas) | 1 | |
| 9201179856 | Nuclear Fuels | Derived from radioactive materials that give off energy | 2 | |
| 9201179857 | Commercial energy sources | Those that are bought and sold, (coal, oil, wood, etc) | 3 | |
| 9201179858 | Subsistence energy sources | Those gathered by individuals for their own immediate needs. More used in developing countries. | 4 | |
| 9201179859 | Energy Carrier | Something that can move and deliver energy into a convenient, usable form to end users. | 5 | |
| 9201179860 | Turbine | Large device that will turn to spin a shaft of a generator which produces electricity. | 6 | |
| 9201179861 | Electrical Grid | Connects power plants together and links them with end users of electricity. | 7 | |
| 9201179863 | Capacity | Maximum Electrical output of a plant | 8 | |
| 9201179865 | Cogeneration | Combined heat and power. Recycling of materials used to generate electricity for other purposes: like water from a thermal power plant used to create heat in the building. | 9 | |
| 9201179866 | Coal | Solid fuel formed by remains of plants that were preserved at least 280 million years ago. | 10 | |
| 9201179867 | Petroleum | Widely used fossil fuel. Mixture of hydrocarbons, water and sulfur that occurs in underground deposits. | 11 | |
| 9201179868 | Crude Oil | Liquid petroleum that is removed from the ground. Oil=crude oil=petroleum | 12 | |
| 9201179869 | Oil Sands | Slow flowing viscous deposits of bitumen mixed with sand, water and clay. | 13 | |
| 9201179870 | Bitumen | (Tar/Pitch) Degraded type of petroleum that forms when a petroleum deposit is not capped with nonporous rock. | 14 | |
| 9201179872 | Energy Intensity | Total energy is increasing, but energy per person is staying constant. | 15 | |
| 9201179873 | Hubbert Curve- Peak Oil (Dealing with Oil) |  | 16 | |
| 9201179874 | Peak Oil | Maximum amount of oil that can be extracted before it begins to decline. | 17 | |
| 9201179875 | Fission | Nuclear reaction in which a neutron strikes a relatively large atomic nucleus which then splits into 2 or more parts. | 18 | |
| 9201179876 | Fuel Rods | The fuel- usually uranium- that experiences a chain nuclear fission reaction to generate heat in a nuclear power plant | 19 | |
| 9201179877 | Control Rods | Cylindrical devices that can be inserted between the fuel rods to absorb excess neutrons. thus slowing and stopping the fission reaction. | 20 | |
| 9201179878 | Radioactive Waste | Waste after the nuclear fuel is used up and can't produce heat, but still emits radioactivity. | 21 | |
| 9201179881 | Nuclear Fusion | Reaction that powers the Sun and other stars. Lighter nuclei are forced together to produce heavier nuclei. Lots of heat is generated. | 22 | |
| 9201179883 | Nonrenewable | Once gone, no more. Oil Coal Nuclear | 23 | |
| 9201179884 | Potentially Renewable | As long as we do not consume them more quickly than can be replenished. Wood Biofuel | 24 | |
| 9201179886 | Renewable | Potentially Renewable and Nondepletable | 25 | |
| 9201179887 | Energy Conservation | Finding ways to use less energy | 26 | |
| 9201179889 | Peak Demand | Greatest quantity of energy used at any one time. | 27 | |
| 9201179890 | Passive Solar Design | Technique that takes advantage of solar radiation to maintain a comfortable temperature in a building. | 28 | |
| 9201179892 | Biofuels | Biomass can be processed or refined into liquid fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. | 29 | |
| 9201179897 | Ethanol | Alcohol. Made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2. | 30 | |
| 9201179899 | Hydroelectricity | Electricity generated by the kinetic energy of moving water. 2nd most common form of renewable energy. | 31 | |
| 9201179900 | Run-of-the-river | Hydroelectricity generation, water behind a low dam and runs through a channel before returning to the river. | 32 | |
| 9201179901 | Water Impoundment | Storing water in a reservoir behind a dam. Allows for on demand electricity generation. | 33 | |
| 9201179902 | Tidal Energy | Comes from the movement of water. This is driven by the gravitational pull of the moon. | 34 | |
| 9201179903 | Active Solar Energy | Technologies capture the energy of sunlight with the use of technologies. Includes, Small scale solar water heating systems, photovoltaic solar cells etc. | 35 | |
| 9201179904 | Photovoltaic Solar Cells | Capture energy from the sun as light, not heat, and convert it directly to electricity. | 36 | |
| 9201179908 | Wind Turbine | Converts kinetic energy of moving air into electricity. | 37 | |
| 9201179909 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell | Operates like a battery. This reaction isolates Hydrogen and Oxygen and happens in a closed container to which no additional elements are added. | 38 | |
| 9201179910 | Electrolysis | Electric current is applied to water to split it into hydrogen and oxygen. | 39 | |
| 9201179911 | Smart grid | Efficient, Self-Regulating electricity distribution network that accepts any source of electricity and distributes it automatically to end users. Adds in energy produced by solar panels on consumers houses. | 40 |
