Chapter 13 Vocabulary Review

1. Carbon in fossil fuels.
3. Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.
5. The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam.
7. The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen.
14. The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.
15. An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
16. A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.
17. Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass.
20. The implementation of methods to use less energy.
21. An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels.
22. Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies.
23. Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere.

1. An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current.
2. In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.
4. An energy source that cannot be used up.
6. Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.
8. Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam.
9. Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.
10. The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon.
11. The ability of a material to maintain its temperature.
12. Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
13. Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth.
18. A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants.
19. A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity.