Get Wise About Energy Vocabulary List-5

What is the term for the following definition? Capable of being replenished or replaced by a natural process.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Finite Resource

What is the term for the following definition? The ability to do work, it is how things change or move.

• Energy

• Friction

• Mass

• Temperature

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What is the term for the following definition? Cannot be replaced or will take a long time to be replenished.

• Non Renewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Sustainable Resource

• Infinite Resource

What is the term for the following definition? Water moves around the earth in different forms. Also known as the water cycle.

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Rock Cycle

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What is the term for the following definition? The prevention of excessive or wasteful use of a resource.

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Exploitation

What is the term for the following definition? Anything from nature that living things can use.

• Natural Resources

• Artificial Intelligence

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Energy

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What is the term for the following definition? A type of renewable resource provided by nature. Examples are water, wind, or sun.

• Perpetual Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Mineral Resource

What is the term for the following definition? A machine in which a wheel is spun by water or steam to generate electricity.

• Turbine

• Transformer

• Generator

• Compressor

What is the term for the following definition? This represents the electric force or measure of electric pressure.

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

• Capacitance

What is the term for the following definition? A fuel created beneath the surface of the Earth over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals. For example, oil, coal, and natural gas.

• Fossil Fuel

• Renewable Energy

• Biomass

• Geothermal Energy