Energy Vocab

Renewable Energy 

Energy collected from renewable sources 

Nonrenewable Energy 

Energy that comes from sources  that will run out

Geothermal Energy 

Heat from the Earth

Wind Energy 

Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in the wind into mechanical power

Solar Energy 

radiant energy admitted by the sun

Hydropower 

Flowing water that creates energy that is captured and turned into electricity 

Biomass

A total mass of organisms in a given area or volume 

Modify 

Make partial or minor change to 

Precise 

Exact or accurate

Tradition

Customs or beliefs go through many generations

Restrict

Put a limit on

Negative

Disagreement, no, opposite of positive.

Convert

Cause something to change form or function

Consequent

Following as a result or effect

Impact

Come into forcible contact with another object

Potential

The quantity determining the of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field