Chapter 13 Vocabulary Review

3. Carbon in fossil fuels.
6. The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.
8. Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.
9. The implementation of methods to use less energy.
11. An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current.
13. Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.
21. Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth.
22. An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested.
23. A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.
24. An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
26. Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass.

1. An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels.
2. A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants.
4. The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam.
5. The ability of a material to maintain its temperature.
7. A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building.
10. Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
12. Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies.
14. The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen.
15. Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam. (Include hyphens)
16. A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity.
17. Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.
18. Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere.
19. In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.
20. An energy source that cannot be used up.
25. The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon.