environmental science
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- 4. conservation- is the effort to reduce wasteful energy consumption by using fewer energy services.
- 5. is the often measurable ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, effortss, money, and time while performing a task
- 8. a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil.
- 11. fuel-a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
- 12. the action of insulating something.
- 14. transformation-also known as energy conversion, is the process of changing energy from one form to another.
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- 1. fuel- is matter from recently living organisms which is used for bioenergy production.
- 2. your home warmer through insulation"
- 3. power-is electricity generated from hydropower.
- 6. is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.
- 7. an industrial installation where a substance is refined.
- 9. energy- is the thermal energy in the Earth's crust which originates from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials.
- 10. oil refinery"
- 13. energy-is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy, and solar architecture.