Chapter 18 Vocabulary Renewable Resources

energy from sources that are constantly being formed

• Hydroelectric energy

• Fuel cell

• Renewable energy

• Biomass fuel

Plant material , manure , or any other organic matter that is used as an energy source

• Biomass fuel

• Energy Efficiency

• Fuel cell

• Energy conservation

The use of sunlight to heat buildings directly

• Alternative Energy

• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

• Passive Solar Heating

• Fuel Cell

A device that produces electricity chemically by combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from the air

• Biomass Fuel

• Renewable Energy

• Fuel Cell

• Active Solar Heating

The energy produced by heat within the Earth

• Geothermal Energy

• Energy Conservation

• Alternative Energy

• Biomass Fuel

Energy that does not come from fossil fuels and that is still in development

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Biomass Fuel

• Fuel Cell

• Alternative Energy

The use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

• Fuel Cell

• Renewable Energy

The percentage of energy put into system that does useful work

• energy conservation

• energy transfer

• Energy Efficiency

• energy optimization

This produces electricity by combining hydrogen to oxygen

• otec

• hydro electic

• hybrid car

• fuel cell

What is energy conservation?

• saving energy

• spending energy

• creating more ways to use energy

• keeping your windows open during the winter months