APES Chapter 13 Vocab Flashcards

Achieving Sustainable Energy

561083178	Biomass	The total mass of all living matter in a specific area
561083179	Renewable	In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.
561083180	Energy Conservation	The implementation of methods to use less energy.
561083181	Tiered Rate	A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.
561083182	Energy Efficiency	The ratio of the amount of work done to the total amount of energy introduced to the system.
561083183	Peak Demand	The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.
561083184	Passive Polar Energy	Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.
561083185	Thermal Inertia	The ability of a material to maintain its temperature.
561083186	Modern Carbon	Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere.
561083187	Fossil Carbon	Carbon in fossil fuels.
561083188	Carbon Neutral	An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
561083189	Net Removal	The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon.
561083190	Biofuel	Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass
561083191	Ethanol	Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.
561083192	Biodiesal	A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants.
561083193	Flex-Fuel Vehical	A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or ethanol.
561083194	Run-of-the-River	Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam.
561083195	Water Impoundment	The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam.
561083196	Tidal Energy	Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
561083197	Siltation	The accumulation of sediments, primarily silt, on the bottom of a reservoir.
561083198	Active Solar Energy	Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies.
561083199	Photovoltaic Solar Cell	A system of capturing energy from sunlight and converting it directly into electricity.
561083200	Geothermal Energy	Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth.
561083201	Ground Source Heat Pump	A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building.
561083202	Wind Energy	Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.
561083203	Wind Turbine	A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity.
561083204	Fuel Cell	An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current.
561083205	Electrolysis	The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen.
561083206	Smart Grid	An effcient, self-regulating electricity distribution network that accepts any source of electricity and distributes it effectively to end users.