8156883338 | Nuclear Power Plant | A facility that converts atomic energy into usable power. | 0 | |
8156915354 | Wind Turbine | Uses Air Flow to generate electric Power | 1 | |
8156939491 | Coal Burning Power Plant | Produces electricity by burning a form of fossil fuel in a boiler to produce steam. | 2 | |
8156973590 | Hydroelectric Dam | Power is produced as water passes through a man -made concrete wall, and into a river below. | 3 | |
8157010871 | Generator | A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an external circuit. | 4 | |
8157067201 | U-238 | By-product of nuclear power | 5 | |
8168822688 | Thermal energy | The Vibration and movement of the atoms and molecules within substances. | 6 | |
8168844162 | Chemical Energy | Stored in bonds between atoms and molecules | 7 | |
8168983306 | Electrical Energy | Results from the motion of electrons | 8 | |
8168996876 | Nuclear Energy | Is released by either splitting or joining of atoms | 9 | |
8169018119 | Electromagnetic | travels by waves | 10 | |
8169028316 | Mechanical Energy | Two types: Potential energy that is stored or at rest, or Kinetic energy through the from of motion. | 11 |
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