Chapter 13 Vocabulary Review

5. Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass.
7. The ability of a material to maintain its temperature.
8. Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth.
9. An energy source that cannot be used up.
12. A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity.
16. A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants.
17. The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen.
18. The implementation of methods to use less energy.
20. The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon.
21. A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building.
23. Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
24. An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
25. In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.

1. Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.
2. An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested.
3. Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies.
4. An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels.
6. Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.
10. A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.
11. Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam. (Include hyphens)
13. Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere.
14. An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current.
15. Carbon in fossil fuels.
19. The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam.
22. The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.
26. Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.