Friedland 13 Flashcards
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| 3753787658 | biomass | the total mass of all living matter in a specific area | 0 | |
| 3753787659 | renewable | in energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable | 1 | |
| 3753787660 | energy conservation | the implementation of methods to use less energy | 2 | |
| 3753787661 | tiered rate | a billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up | 3 | |
| 3753787662 | energy efficiency | the ratio of the amount of work done to the total amount of energy introduced to the system | 4 | |
| 3753787663 | peak demand | the greatest quantity of energy used at any one time | 5 | |
| 3753787664 | passive solar design | consturction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology | 6 | |
| 3753787665 | thermal inertia | the ability of a material to maintain its temperature | 7 | |
| 3753787666 | modern carbon | carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere | 8 | |
| 3753787667 | fossil carbon | carbon in fossil fuels | 9 | |
| 3753787668 | carbon neutral | an activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations | 10 | |
| 3753787669 | net removal | the process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon | 11 | |
| 3753787670 | biofuels | liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass | 12 | |
| 3753787671 | ethanol | alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2 | 13 | |
| 3753787672 | biodiesel | a diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants | 14 | |
| 3753787673 | flex-fuel vehicles | a vehicle that runs on either gasoline or ethanol | 15 | |
| 3753787674 | hydroelectricity | electricity generated by the kinectic energy of moving water | 16 | |
| 3753787675 | run of the river | hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam | 17 | |
| 3753787676 | water impoundment | the storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam | 18 | |
| 3753787677 | tidal energy | energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the moon | 19 | |
| 3753787678 | siltation | the accumulation of sediments, primarily silt, on the bottom of a reservoir | 20 | |
| 3753787679 | active solar energy | energy captrued from sunlight with intermediate technologies | 21 | |
| 3753787680 | photovoltaic solar cells | a system of capturing energy from sunlight and converting it directly into electricity | 22 | |
| 3753787681 | geothermal energy | heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep with earth | 23 | |
| 3753787682 | ground source heat pumps | a technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building | 24 | |
| 3753787683 | wind energy | energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air | 25 | |
| 3753787684 | wind turbine | a turbine that converts wind energy into electricity | 26 | |
| 3753787685 | fuel cell | an electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current | 27 | |
| 3753787686 | electrolysis | the application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen | 28 | |
| 3753787687 | smart grid | an efficient, self-regulating electricity distribution network that accepts any source of electricity and distributes it effectively to end users | 29 |