Chapter 13 Vocab

Finding and implementing ways to use less energy.

A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up.

The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time.

Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology.

A property of a building material that allows it to maintain heat or cold.

An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested.

An energy source that cannot be used up.

In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable.

Liquid fuel created from processed or refined biomass.

Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere.

Carbon in fossil fuels.

An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon.

Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2.

A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants.

A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or a gasoline/ethanol mixture.

Electricity generated by the kinetic energy of moving water.

Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam.

The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam.

Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon.

The accumulation of sediments, primarily silt, on the bottom of a reservoir

Energy captured from sunlight with advanced technologies.

A system of capturing energy from sunlight and converting it directly into electricity.

Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air.