Unit 4 Keywords
Biomass - plants used as a fuel
Capital resource - energy resource that once used is not replaced
Fossil fuel - energy resource made from the bodies of animals or plants that lived millions of years ago (coal, oil, gas)
Fuel - substance that can be burnt releasing heat energy and is an energy resource
Geothermal - energy transferred as heat inside the Earth
Hydroelectric - transforming the energy from moving water into electrical energy
Joules - unit of energy
Mineral oil - Crude oil usually found deep below ground, formed from the bodies of tiny sea creatures
Non-renewable - energy resources that cannot be replaced
Renewable energy resource - energy resource that is continually replaced
Solar Cell - device to transform sunlight directly into electricity
Solar energy - energy from the Sun
Solar panel - device to collect solar energy
Thermometer - device for measuring temperature
Transform/transformed - to change the voltage of electricity
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