OCS Applied Science: Renewable Energy Vocabulary (M2.L2)

Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel

• Biomass

• Waste

• Gasoline

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Related to the heat of the earth's interior

• Furnace

• Geothermal

• Exothermal

Clean energy is also known as

• Pink Energy

• Green Energy

• Blue Energy

Energy that comes form the force of moving water

• Solar Power

• Hippopower

• Hydropower

The act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• Factory

• Etsy

• Manufacture

Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil

• Pollutants

• Germs

• Chemicals

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Factories that make power, such as electricity

• Wire Factories

• Water Plants

• Power Plants

Able to be created again

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

• Copy

Energy from the sun

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Water Energy

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A machine with blades that turns because of wind or water

• Fan

• Turbine

• Ferris Wheel

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