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13 Cards in this Set
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Potential Energy
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energy that something has because of its position or condition
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Energy generated by hot rocks under the earth's crust
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Geothermal Energy
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Not able to be replaced
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Nonrenewable Energy
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Able to be replaced or reused
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Renewable Energy
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Fuels that formed from the remains of plants and animals that died a long time ago; coal, petroleum and natural gas
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Fossil Fuels
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device that changes solar energy into electricity
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Solar Cell
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device that collects and stores solar energy
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Solar Collector
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power plant that uses the energy of falling water to produce electricity
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Hydroelectric Plants
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Energy from ocean tides
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Tidal Energy
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Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
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Nuclear Energy
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splitting atoms by bombarding them with neutrons
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Nuclear Fission
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Energy from the sun
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Solar Energy
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device that uses collisions of neutrons with atoms to release the energy energy inside atoms
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Nuclear reactor
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