| A | B |
|---|
| fossil fuel | fuels that result from the compression of ancient plant and animal life |
| solar energy | radiant energy from the sun converted in to other forms of energy |
| hydropower | energy that comes from water |
| hydroelectric power plant | power plant that uses water to produce energy |
| wind | natural movement of air in the atmosphere |
| oil | black liquid that petroleum product are made from |
| petroleum | crude oil or refined products made from crude oil |
| natural gas | odorless colorless tasteless non-toxic clean burning fossil fuel |
| biomass | any organic material that is available on a renewable basis |
| coal | fossil fuel formed by the breakdown of vegetable material trapped undergroun without access to air |
| goethermal enegy | heat energy that is produced by natural processes inside that Earth |
| nuclear energy | energy that comes froms splitting atoms of radioactve material |
| renewable energy sources | fuel that can be made or renewed and never used up |
| nonrenewable energy sources | fuel that cannot be made or renewed and can be used up |
| inexhaustible | that which cannot be entirely used up |
| recycling | process of converting material that are no longer useful into a new product |
| environmental | of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings |
| harness | draw from the power of, such as capturing the resources of |
