Chapter 12&13 VOCABULARY

Chapter 12 

VOCABULARY TERMS 

• Nonrenewable • Capacity • Energy intensity 

• Fossil fuels • Capacity factor • Hubbert curve 

• Nuclear fuels • Cogeneration • Peak oil 

• Commercial energy sources • Coal • Fission 

• Subsistence energy sources • Petroleum • Fuel rods 

• Energy carrier • Crude oil • Control rods 

• Turbine • Oil sands • Becquerel (Bq) 

• Electrical grid • Bitumen • Curie 

• Combined cycle • CTL (coal-to-liquid) • Nuclear fusion 

Chapter 13

VOCABULARY TERMS 

 • biomass • biofuels • ground source heat pumps 

• renewable • ethanol • wind energy 

• energy conservation • biodiesel • wind turbine 

• tiered rate • flex-fuel vehicles • fuel cell 

• energy efficiency • hydroelectricity • electrolysis 

• peak demand • run-of-the-river • smart Grid 

• passive solar energy • water impoundment 

• thermal inertia • tidal Energy 

• modern carbon • siltation 

• fossil carbon • active Solar Energy 

• carbon neutral • photovoltaic Solar Cells 

• net removal • geothermal Energy