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Silicon Valley |
An area of high technology and scientific development. |
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Invent |
An improvement upon a machine / product review process for creating an object / or result. |
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Nanotechnology |
The manipulation of matter with a least one dimension size from 1 to 100. |
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Technology |
Is the collection of techniques comma skills comma methods and processes used in the production of goods or services. |
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Solar energy |
The power of the Sun. |
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Hydroelectric energy |
Electricity produced using the energy of falling water. |
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Wind energy |
The energy of moving air, which can be used to generate electricity. |
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Natural resource |
Resources that exist without actions of humankind. |
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Non-renewable resource |
A resource that, once used, cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time. |
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Renewable resource |
A resource that can be replaced within a reasonable amount of time. |
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Fuel |
Any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases chemical or nuclear energy as heat or to be used for work. |
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Fossil fuel |
Born by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ansient photosynthesis. |
