Energy Sources and the Environment

an apparatus in which controlled nuclear chain reactions generate electricity

• nuclear reactor

• nuclear waste

• photochemical smog

• pollutant

• hazardous waste

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

device that converts solar energy into electricity: also called solar cells

• biomass

• photochemical smog

• renewable resource

• photovoltaic cell

• geothermal energy

thermal energy that contained in and around magma: can be converted by a power plant into electrical energy

• biomass

• photochemical smog

• acid precipitation

• photovoltaic cell

• geothermal energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

renewable organic matter from plants and animals such as wood and animal manure that can be burned to provide themal energy

• biomass

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resource

• photovoltaic cell

• geothermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

True or False: Around the world, the coal industry is declining, while renewable energy industries are on the rise.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

oil, natural gas and coal: formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals that were buried and latered over millions of years

• fossil fuels

• petroleum

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resources

• biomass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

liquid fossil fuel formed from decayed remains of ancient organisms: can be refined to make into fuels and plastics

• fossil fuels

• petroleum

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resources

• biomass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

natural resources, such as fossil fuels, that cannot be replaced by natural processes as quickly as they are used

• fossil fuels

• acid precipitation

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resources

• geothermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei form a nucleus with a larger mass, releasing large amounts of energy

• photochemial smog

• smog

• renewable resource

• fusion

• fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

process of splitting an atomic nucleus into two or more nuclie with smaller masses, releasing large amouts of energy

• biomass

• nuclear waste

• photovoltaic cell

• fusion

• fission

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8