Unit Six: Energy Resources and Consumption

A fuel derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago

An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels

Fuel derived from radioactive materials that give off energy

An energy source that is bought and sold (mainly coal oil and natural gas)

An energy source gathered by individuals for their own immediate needs(straw, sticks and animal dung)

how much energy we get out of an energy source for every unit of energy expended on its production. (energy obtained from the fuel)/(energy invested to obtain the fuel).

something that can move and deliver energy in a convenient, usable form to end users

A device with blades that can be turned by water, wind, steam, or exhaust gas from combustion that turns a generator in an electricity-producing plant

A network of interconnected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links them with end users of electricity

a power plant that uses both exhaust gases and steam turbines to generate electricity

in reference to an electricity-generating plant, the maximum electrical output

The use of a single fuel to generate electricity and to produce heat

cogeneration

Solid fuel formed primarily from the remains of trees, ferns, and other plant materials preserved 280 million to 360 million years ago

A fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and sulfur

Liquid petroleum removed from the ground

Slow-flowing, viscous deposits of bitumen mixed with sand, water, and clay

A degraded petroleum that forms when petroleum migrates to the surface of Earth and is modified by bacteria.

The process of converting solid coal into liquid fuel

The energy use per unit of gross domestic product

A bell-shaped curve representing oil use and projecting both when world oil production will reach a maximum and when we will run out of oil

The point at which half the total known oil supply is used up

A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

A cylindrical tube that encloses nuclear fuel within a nuclear reactor

A cylindrical device inserted between the fuel rods in a nuclear reactor to absorb excess neutrons and slow or stop the fission reaction

Nuclear fuel that can no longer produce enough heat to be useful in a power plant but continues to emit radioactivity

a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy.

the practice of finding ways to use less energy or to use energy more efficiently

The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time

Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology

A property of a building material that allows it to maintain heat or cold

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

total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

Liquid fuel created from processed or refined biomass

Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere

Carbon in fossil fuels

an activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations

The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon

Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.

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

A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or a gasoline/ethanol mixture

electricity generated by the kinetic energy of moving water

Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.

energy captured from sunlight with advanced technologies

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

Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air

Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.

A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity

a cell producing an electric current directly from a chemical reaction.

A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building

A process by which an electric current breaks chemical bonds.