Energy and Environmental Concepts

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A form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained from tides into useful forms of power

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Tidal Energy

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Resources that are being used up faster than they are made

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Nonrenewable

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A gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere

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Global Warming

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Energy-rich substances formed from the remains of once living organisms

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Fossil Fuels

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Made from ancient swamp plants and abundant in the United States. Dirtiest burning

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Coal

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Electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam

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Hydroelectric

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The use of air flow through wind turbines to mechanically power generators

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Wind Energy

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The energy received by Earth from the sun in the form of radiation

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Solar Energy

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A renewable resource made from things that were once alive

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Biomass

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The energy released by a fission or fusion reaction; the binding energy of the atomic nucleus

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Nuclear Energy