Unit 6 Vocabulary Study Guide

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

• Hydroelectric

• Fossil Fuel

• Nuclear Resource

• Geothermal

A negative impact on the environment

• Economic Cost

• Environmental Cost

• Benefit

• Biomass

 Radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Biomass

• Geothermal Energy

• Solar Energy

The use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity, primarily by the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants.

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Solar Energy

• Fossil Fuel

The use of wind turbines to generate electricity

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Geothermal Energy

• Wind Energy

• Solar Energy

Resources that continue to exist despite being consumed or can replenish themselves over a period of time even as they are used

• Fossil Fuel

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Nuclear energy

Plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste

• Cellular Respiration

• Biomass

• Chlorophyll

• Photosynthesis

 A form of renewable energy that uses the power of moving water to generate electricity

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Wind energy

• Biomass

A natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. An example is carbon-based fossil fuels.

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Solar Energy

• Renewable Resource

• Hydroelectric Energy

Thermal energy in the Earth's crust which originates from the formation of the planet

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal