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An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested
a) Peak Demand
b) Potentially Renewable
c) Renewable
d) Photovoltaic Solar Cells

The ability of a material to maintain its temperature
a) Siltation
b) Tiered Rate System
c) Tidal Energy
d) Thermal Inertia

Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology
a) Photovoltaic Solar Cells
b) Peak Demand
c) Passive Solar Design
d) Passive Solar Heating

An energy source that cannot be used up
a) Modern Carbon
b) Net Removal
c) Nondepletable
d) Nonrenewable

An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels
a) Passive Solar Design
b) Net Removal
c) Nondepletable
d) Nonrenewable

The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon
a) Net Removal
b) Modern Carbon
c) Nondepletable
d) Nonrenewable

Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere
a) Modern Carbon
b) Hydroelectricity
c) Ground Source Heat Pumps
d) Nondepletable

Generated by the pressure of falling water
a) Nondepletable
b) Net Removal
c) Hydroelectricity
d) Modern Carbon

A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building
a) Net Removal
b) Modern Carbon
c) Hydroelectricity
d) Ground Source Heat Pumps

An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current
a) Fuel Cell
b) Fossil Carbon
c) Flex-Fuel Vehicles
d) Geothermal Energy

Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth
a) Ground Source Heat Pumps
b) Geothermal Energy
c) Modern Carbon
d) Fuel Cell

Carbon in fossil fuels
a) Fuel Cell
b) Fossil Carbon
c) Flex-Fuel Vehicles
d) Ethanol

A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or ethanol
a) Ethanol
b) Fuel Cell
c) Fossil Carbon
d) Flex-Fuel Vehicles

The implementation of methods to use less energy
a) Biofuels
b) Electrolysis
c) Energy Conservation
d) Ethanol

Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2
a) Ethanol
b) Flex-Fuel Vehicles
c) Fossil Carbon
d) Electrolysis

The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen
a) Electrical Grid
b) Electrolysis
c) Energy Conservation
d) Ethanol

Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass
a) Biofuels
b) Biodiesel
c) Active Solar Energy
d) Electrical Grid

A network of interconnected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links them with end users of electricity
a) Biodiesel
b) Biofuels
c) Active Solar Energy
d) Electrical Grid

A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants
a) Biodiesel
b) Biofuels
c) Active Solar Energy
d) Electrical Grid

Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies
a) Electrical Grid
b) Biodiesel
c) Active Solar Energy
d) Biofuels

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