Energy vocabulary words
Biomass energy: - energy stored in the bodies of living things examples : burning garbage, methane from decomposition/landfills, burning waste products
Chemical energy energy stored in molecules
Electrical energy energy in the form of electrons moving through a substance
Fossil fuels fuels from animals and plants that lived millions of years ago (fossils) Examples are coal, natural gas, oil and petroleum
Geothermal energy the heat contained in rock deep inside the Earth
Geyser a hot spring that shoots steam and hot water into the air
Heat energy energy in the form of moving molecules
Hydroelectric energy the electrical energy made from moving water
Kinetic energy energy that comes from movement
Light energy energy in the form of moving waves of light