APES Friedland and Relyea Ch. 13 Flashcards

318092578	Nonrenewable	A resource that cannot be remade quickly or cannot be remade at all	0
318092579	Potentially Renewable	can be replaced rather rapidly	1
318092580	Nondepletable	solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal energy = nondepletable in the span of human time. no matter how much you use there will always be more. tomorrow's resource does not depend on today's use	2
318092581	Renewable	that can be replaced naturally	3
318092582	Energy Conservation	the practice of finding ways to use less energy or to use energy more efficiently	4
318092583	Tiered Rate System	customers pay a low rate for the first increment of electricity they use and pay higher rates as their use goes up	5
318092584	Peak Demand	the greatest quantity of energy used at any one time	6
318092585	Passive Solar Design	the technique of heating and cooling a building naturally without the use of mechanical equipment	7
318092586	Thermal Inertia	Tendency of a substance to resist change in temperature with the gain or loss of heat energy.	8
318092587	Biofuels	Fuels, such as ethanol or methanol, that are created from the fermentation of plants or plant products.	9
318092588	Modern Carbon	Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere	10
318092589	Fossil Carbon	has been buried for millions of years. less neutral than modern carbon	11
318092590	Carbon Neutral	of or relating to fuels that produce an amount of CO2 when burned that is equal to or less than the amount taken up by the plants from which they are made	12
318092591	Net Removal	the process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon	13
318092592	Ethanol	the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors	14
319088915	Biodiesel	processed fuel made from vegetable oil or animal fats which can be used in unmodified diesel engines	15
319088916	Flex-fuel Vehicles	vehicles that can burn variable mixtures of gasoline and ethanol	16
319088917	Hydroelectricity	electricity produced by water power	17
319088918	Run-of-the-river	Any of several methods used to generate hydroelectric power without greatly disrupting the flow of river water.	18
319106249	Water Impoundment	the storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam	19
319106250	Tidal Energy	the energy captured by transforming the wave motion of water into electrical energy using a turbine	20
319106251	Siltation	a sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay	21
319106252	Active Solar Energy	collects solar energy and converts it either to heat or to electricity	22
319106253	Photovoltaic Solar Cells	capture energy from the Sun as light, not heat, and convert it directly into electricity	23
319106254	Geothermal	energy produced by thermal energy inside of Earth	24
319106255	Ground Source Heat Pumps	takes advantage of the high thermal inertia of the ground	25
319106256	Wind Energy	the energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine	26
319106257	Wind Turbine	a windmill connected to a generator that produces elecricity	27
319106258	Electrolysis	the process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction, such as the decomposition of water	28
319106259	Fuel Cell	cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel	29
319106260	Smart Grid	delivers electricity using two-way digital technology	30