Benchmark Unit 5 Week 1 Vocabulary

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing carbon dioxide

• technology

• nonrenewable

• greenhouse gas

• fossil fuels

of or relating to the sun

• solar

• fossil fuels

• technology

• nonrenewable

a fuel (such as coal, oil or natural gas) that is formed in the earth from dead plants of animals

• nonrenewable

• greenhouse gas

• fossil fuels

• solar

a fact of piece of data from a study

• statistic

• technology

• fossil fuels

• greenhouse gas

the use of science in industry or engineering used to solve problems

• statistics

• technology

• solar

• fossil fuels

not able to be grown again or made again; not able to be replaced by nature

• technology

• nonrenewable

• solar

• greenhouse gas