| A | B |
|---|
| Boom | A floating structure used to clean up oil spills |
| Bioremediation | Using living things to clean up a toxin or environmental pollutant |
| Petroleum | Crude oil - a fossil fuel |
| Natural gas | The cleanest of the fossil fuels |
| Coal | A solid, dirty fossil fuel - provides most electrical power in Michigan |
| Fission | Splitting atoms or molecules |
| Reactor core | Where the fuel rods are stored in a nuclear reactor |
| Isotope | An element with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons |
| Chernobyl | Site of the world's worst nuclear disaster |
| Three Mile Island | Site of a "near miss" in Pennsylvania |
| Renewable | A resource that is not depleted as it is used |
| Sustainable | A resource that is both renewable and environmentally friendly |
| Geothermal | Using the heat from the earth to warm a house or generate electricity |
| Potential energy | Stored energy (water behind a dam, for example) |
| Active solar power | Using photovoltaic cells or a solar water pump |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| PWR | Pressurized water reactor (a type of nuclear power plant) |
| Exxon Valdez | The ship that spilled oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska |
