Third Quarter ES WW

4. Organic matter produced by plants that can be burned in either solid or gaseous form to produce energy
6. a condition in which they do not get enough protein and other key nutrients
10. Chemical element or inorganic compound that exists as a solid with a regularly repeating internal structure
11. Measure of how much useful work can be extracted from each unit of energy used
13. when the land above an aquifer subsides, or sinks
14. Heat stored in soil, underground rocks, and fluids in the Earth’s mantle. It is used to heat and cool buildings and water and to produce electricity.

1. a collection of canals, dams, and pumps used to transfer fresh water to farms and heavily populated cities
2. Earth’s outermost and thinnest layer of solid materials
3. lack of access to nutritious food
4. Fuel, such as ethyl alcohol or biodiesel, made from biomass
5. forms of government support intended to help businesses, like farms, survive
7. a layer of permeable rock below ground where ground water is stored
8. the process of eroding topsoil due to human activities, drought, and climate change
9. Water used water from showers, sinks, dishwaters, and clothes washers
12. Amount of high-quality energy available from a given quantity of an energy resource minus the high-quality energy needed to make the energy available.