Chapter 16 vocab.
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- biomass fuels
- Fuel made from things that were once alive.
- nonrenewable resources
- A natural resource that is NOT replaced as it is used.
- petrochemicals
- Compounds made from oil
- petroleum
- Oil, liquid fossil fuel.
- reactor vessel
- The part of the nuclear reactor where nuclear fission occurs.
- gasohol
- A mixture of gasoline & alcohol.
- meltdown
- A dangerous condition caused by overheating inside a nuclear reactor.
- geothermal energy
- Heat energy from Earth's interior from water or steam that has been heated by magma.
- solar energy
- Energy from the sun.
- hydroelectric power
- Electricity produced by moving water.
- passive solar system
- A method of converting solar energy into heat WITHOUT pumps & fans.
- renewable resources
- A resource that IS replaced in a relativey short time
- insulation
- Building material that blocks heat transfer between the air inside and outside.
- nuclear fission
- The SPLITTING of an atom's nucleus into smaller nuclei.
- hydrocarbons
- Energy-rich compounds that contain hydrogen & carbon atoms.
- fuel rod
- Uranium rod that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor.
- energy conservation
- The practice of reducing energy use.
- active solar system
- A method of capturing the sun's energy & distributing it USING pumps & fans.
- nuclear fusion
- The COMBINING of two nuclei into a single larger nucleus.