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| 8564512243 | active solar | an approach in which technological devices are used to focus, move, or store solar energy. | 0 | |
| 8564512246 | biomass | organic material derived from living or recently living organisms, containing chemical energy that originated from photosynthesis | 1 | |
| 8564512248 | biofuels | fuel produced from biomass energy sources and used primarily to power automobiles | 2 | |
| 8564512250 | bitumen | a thick and heavy form of petroleum rich in carbon and poor in hydrogen | 3 | |
| 8564512254 | Chernobyl | Site of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine (then a part of the Soviet Union), where in 1986 an explosion caused the most severe nuclear reactor accident the world has yet seen. | 4 | |
| 8564512255 | Clean coal technologies | a wide array of techniques, equipment, and approaches that seek to remove chemical contaminants (such as sulfur) during the process of generating electricity from coal | 5 | |
| 8564512258 | carbon sequestration | technologies or approaches to sequester, or store, carbon dioxide from industrial emissions. | 6 | |
| 8564512260 | crude oil | a fossil fuel produced by the conversion of organic compounds by heat and pressure. | 7 | |
| 8564512262 | electricity | a secondary form of energy that can be trasnferred over long distances and applied for a variety of uses. | 8 | |
| 8564512263 | energy | the capacity to change the position, physical composition, or temperature of matter; a force that can accomplish work | 9 | |
| 8564512268 | ethanol | the alcohol in beer, wine, and liquor, produced as a biofuel by fermenting biomass, generally from carbohydrate-rich crops such as corn. | 10 | |
| 8564512270 | first law of thermodynamics | physical law stating that energy can change from one form to another but cannot be created or lost. | 11 | |
| 8564512272 | fossil fuels | a nonrenewable natural resource, such as crude oil, natural gas, or coal, produced by the decomposition and compression of organic matter from ancient life. | 12 | |
| 8564512273 | fuel rods | rods of uranium that supply the fuel for nuclear fission, and are kept bathed in a moderator in a nuclear reactor. | 13 | |
| 8564512274 | gasification | a process in which biomass is vaporized at extremely high tempratures in the absence of oxygen, creating a gaseous mixture including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane, in order to produce biopower or biofuels. | 14 | |
| 8564512275 | geothermal energy | renewable energy that is generated deep within earth. | 15 | |
| 8564512279 | hydroelectric power | the generation of electricity using the kinetic energy of moving water | 16 | |
| 8564512280 | kerogen | a substance derived from deeply buried organic matter that acts as a source material for both natural gas and crude oil. | 17 | |
| 8564512281 | kinetic energy | energy of motion. | 18 | |
| 8564512282 | liquefied natural gas | natural gas that has been converted to a liquid at low-temperatures and that can be shipped long distances in refrigerated tankers. | 19 | |
| 8564512283 | meltdown | the accidental melting of the uranium fuel rods inside the core of a nuclear reactor, causing the release of radiation. | 20 | |
| 8564512284 | methane hydrate | an ice-like solid consisting of molecules of methane embedded in a crystal lattice of water molecules. | 21 | |
| 8564512286 | natural gas | a fossil fuel composed primarily of methane (CH4), produced as a byproduct when bacteria decompose organic material under anaerobic conditions. | 22 | |
| 8564512288 | NIMBY | syndrome in which people do not want something (e.g. a polluting facility) where they live, even if they may want or need the thing to exist somewhere. "Not in my BackYard" | 23 | |
| 8564512289 | nuclear energy | the energy that holds together protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. | 24 | |
| 8564512290 | nuclear fission | the conversion of the energy within an atom's nucleus to usable thermal energy by splitting apart atomic nuclei. | 25 | |
| 8564512293 | nuclear reactors | a facility within a nuclear power plant that initiates and controls the process of nuclear fission in order to generate electricity. | 26 | |
| 8564512295 | oil sands | deposits that can be mined from the ground, consisting of moist sand and clay containing 1-20% bitumen, that some envision as a replacement for crude oil as this resource is depleted. | 27 | |
| 8564512296 | oil shale | sedimentary rock filled with kerogen that can be processed to produce liquid petroleum. | 28 | |
| 8564512298 | peak oil | term used to describe the point of maximum production of petroleum in the world, after whch oil production declines. | 29 | |
| 8564512300 | photovoltaic cells | a device designed to collect sunlight and directly convert it to electrical energy by making use of the photoelectric eeffect. | 30 | |
| 8564512306 | refining | process of separating the molecules of the various hydrocarbons in crude oil into different-sized classes and transforming them into various fuels and other petrochemical products. | 31 | |
| 8564512310 | solar energy | energy from the sun - perpetually renewable and may be harnessed in several ways | 32 | |
| 8564512314 | Three Mile Island | nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that in 1979 experienced a partia lmeltdown. | 33 | |
| 8564512315 | tidal energy | energy harnessed bye recting a dam across the outlet of a tidal basin. | 34 | |
| 8564512316 | wave energy | energy harnessed from the motion of wind-driven waves at the ocean's surface. | 35 | |
| 8564512317 | wind energy | energy from the motion of wind | 36 | |
| 8564512318 | wind turbines | a mechanichal assembly that converts the wind's kinetic energy, or energy of motion, into electrical energy | 37 |
