| A | B |
|---|
| fuel | provides a form of energy through a chemical change |
| transportation | movement of people and goods |
| converted | changed |
| combustion | burning a fuel |
| stored energy | energy that is hidden inside a fuel until it is combusted |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| O2 | oxygen |
| thermal energy | heat |
| mechanical energy | energy of motion |
| fossil fuel | fuel made from ancient plants |
| major fossil fuels | coal, oi, natural gas |
| hydrocarbon | energy-rich compunds made of hydrogen and carbon |
| a solid fossil fuel | coal |
| a liquid fossil fuel | petroleum or oil |
| reserve | an area where a lot of fossil fuel can be found |
| erosion | washing away soil and plants because of rain or rivers |
| industry | a large business |
| procedure | method or way of doing something |
| refining | making something cleaner and more pure |
| petrochemicals | compunds made from oil that are used in plastics, paints, etc. |
| crude oil | oil before it is refined |
| nonrenewable | you can't ever make more of it |
| consume | use up, eat |
| export | to sell to another country |
| import | to buy from another country |
| solar | from the sun |
| renewable | you can get or make more of it |
| resource | something you need in order to make or do something else |
| solar cell | a "sandwich" of silicon that captures energy from sunlight |
| passive solar | changes sunlight to heat without using pumps or fans |
| active solar | captures energy from sunlight using pumps or fans |
| distribute | send out, or make sometihng go to different places |
| absorb | to soak up like a sponge |
| interior | inside |
| biomass | fuel made from leaves, trees, food waste, etc. |
| generate | to make (electricity) |
| gasohol | a combination of alcohol and gasoline |
| geothermal energy | energy from the heat of the earth |
| magma | hot lava that is still inside the earth |
