| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Work | application of force through a distance |
| energy | the capacity to do work |
| power | rate at which work is done |
| calorie | amount of energy needed to heat one gram of water one degree celsius |
| joule | amount of work done when a force of one newton is exterted over one meter |
| Coal | fossilized plant material that has been buried in sediment and compacted into carbon rich fuel |
| black lung disease | inflammation and fibrosis due to accumulation of coal dust in lungs |
| Oil | organic material buried in sediment and subjected high pressure temperature |
| Methane hydrate | molecules of natural gas trapped in crystals of frozen water |
| Breeder Reactor | produces plutonium and stock uranium |
| Biomass | any organic matter, located almost everywhere (wood, crops, seaweed, and animal wastes) |
| Coal | fossil fuel created from the remians of plants that died, stored in plants through photosynthesis and when they died they release energy and it follows into rocks |
| Geothermal | heat energy within the earth, recovered through natural process, hot water brought to the surface of earth used to generate |
| Hydropower | force of moving water, recovered from where the water is stored, comes from dams |
| Natural gas | non-renewable resource, drilling and gas wells, pores rock methane gas from wells to the plant then converted |
| Petroleum | chemical breakdown recovered through drilling located underground, creed oil - clean - separated |
| Propane | found as a gas, stored as a liquid |
| Solar | radiant energy that is produced by the sun, recovered by solar collectors, hydrogen atoms in the sun's core combine to form helium and generate energy in a process called nuclear fission |
| Uranium | classifed as a metal formed when Earth was created and found in rocks |
| Wind | air in motion, uneven heating of the Earth's surface |
| Animals of the Arctic | carbiou, polar bears, musox, wolverines, birds, insects |
| ANWR | arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
| Oil Industry | what modern industry is already established in the Prudhoe Bay area? |
| Trans-Alaskan Pipline | What has been constructed from Prudhoe Bay, over the Alaskan mountains to the seaports on the south coast? |
| Exon Valadez Oil Spill | What accident happened in Prince William Sound in 1989? |
| 10 thousand gallons | America burns about how many gallons of oil a second? |
| Less Predictable | What does "climate weirding" mean? |
| Small smart car | What is the European "purple people eater"? |
| Photovoltaic Systems | convert sunlight into electricity, produce no pollution, and have no moving parts |
| Wind Power | is essentially nonpollutinh, does not contribute to global warming, and has no fuel costs. |
| Negawatt Concept | additional energy can be in essence ontained by increasing efficiencies therby reducing demand for additional generating capacity |
| Cogeneration | production of both electricity and usable steam or hot water by the smae facility |
| Coal Burning | releases radioactive material, substantial amounts of carbon dioxide, and toxic metals including mercury |
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