energy vocab

something that helps to make someone or something better or more likely to succeed

• pollutants

• advantages

• energy

• electricity

a substance that makes natural elements dirty or not safe

• pollutants

• advantages

• nonrenewable

• energy

not able to be replaced by nature, limited

• atmosphere

• fossil fuels

• energy

• nonrenewable

the warming of the Earth's atmosphere caused by air pollution

• fossil fuels

• greenhouse effect

a structure built across a river or stream to prevent water flow

• dam

• energy

• fossil fuels

the increase of temperature of Earth caused by the greenhouse effect

• solar energy

• fossil fuels

• energy

• global warming

energy formed by the sun

• fossil fuels

• solar energy

• dam

the ability of something to do "work"

• fossil fuels

• energy

• recommend

Moving energy, the energy something has due to motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

stored energy, ready to use; the energy something has due to its position

• kinetic energy

• potential energy