Chapter 13

Finding and implementing ways to use less energy.

• Energy generation
• Energy consumption
• Energy conservation
• Energy preservation

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In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable

• fossil fuel energy source
• renewable energy source

• limited energy source

• nonrenewable energy source

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Liquid fuel created from processed or refined biomass

• biofuel
• coal
• natural gas
• petroleum

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An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations

• Burning fossil fuels
• Industrial emissions
• Photosynthesis and carbon sequestration
• Carbon neutral

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A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants

• propane
• diesel
• biodiesel
• petrol

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Electricity generated by the kinetic energy of moving water

• Solar power
• Wind power
• Nuclear power
• Hydroelectricity

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A system of capturing energy from sunlight and converting it directly into electricity

• Wind energy system
• Solar thermal system
• Photovoltaic solar cell

• Hydroelectric system

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Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.

• air power
• breeze energy
• atmospheric power
• wind energy

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Benefits of solar and wind energy

• Renewable, clean, no pollution

• Limited availability and difficult to harness
• Expensive and unreliable energy sources
• Harmful to the environment and wildlife

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Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth

• solar energy
• wind energy
• nuclear energy
• geothermal energy

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