Energy Unit Glossary

What is the term for the concentration of pollutants in the air at a specific time and location?

• Air Quality

• Greenhouse Effect

• Ozone Layer

• Acid Rain

What is a renewable energy source that comes from plants or animals and can be found wherever there are plant or animal products?

• Biomass Energy

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

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What is the term for energy stored in the bonds between atoms in chemical compounds?

• Chemical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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What type of energy produces little to no greenhouse gas emissions and is mostly renewable?

• Clean Energy

• Fossil Fuel Energy

• Nuclear Energy

• Coal Energy

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What is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of plants and animals under intense pressure and heat over millions of years, and can be extracted from earth and burned for fuel?

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Uranium

• Wood

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What is the wise use and protection of natural resources called?

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Exploitation

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What is the term for the using up of resources or goods?

• Consumption

• Production

• Distribution

• Preservation

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What is the term for the advantages and disadvantages that result from a particular decision or action?

• Costs and Benefits

• Risks and Rewards

• Inputs and Outputs

• Profits and Losses

What is the form of energy in the form of an electric charge, involving the movement of charged particles (electrons) from one atom to another?

• Electrical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Sound Energy

• Chemical Energy

What is the ability to do work, where people have learned how to change it from one form to another in order to do work?

• Energy

• Friction

• Gravity

• Pressure

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