Energy sustainability and non-renewable energy

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  1. 2. carbon, many people are confused how burning biomass such as wood is better than burning coal.
  2. 4. cell, a device that operates like a common battery where electricity is generated by a reaction between two chemicals.
  3. 6. Solar energy, can lower your electricity bill without the need for pumps or other mechanical devices.
  4. 7. energy, Tides are another source of moving water.
  5. 9. sands, slow-flowing, viscous deposits of bitumen mixed with sand, water, and clay.
  6. 10. is energy from the Sun
  7. 11. using a fuel to generate electricity and to produce heat.
  8. 12. used as substitutes for gasoline and diesel fuel.
  9. 15. is an alcohol and 90% of ethanol produced in the US comes from corn
  10. 17. is the splitting of an atom’s nucleus into two smaller nuclei.
  11. 19. electricity generated by the kinetic energy of moving water. This is the second most common form of renewable energy in the world.
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  1. 1. fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and nuclear fuels
  2. 3. fusion, the reaction that powers the Sun and other stars.
  3. 5. is another name for oil
  4. 8. rods- cylindrical devices that can be inserted between the fuel rods to absorb excess neutrons thus slowing or stopping the fission reaction.
  5. 10. is a direct substitute for petroleum-based fuel.
  6. 13. rods, the cylindrical tubes that house the nuclear fuel used in a nuclear power plant.
  7. 14. is the most plentiful fossil fuel in the U.S.
  8. 16. turbine, using a wind turbine to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy.
  9. 18. a degraded type of petroleum that forms when petroleum migrates close to the surface, where bacteria metabolize some of the light hydrocarbons and others evaporate