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9th Week 35 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Digress | Wander from a direct or straight course |
Innovation | The act of starting something for the first time |
Dilemma | State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options |
Intercede | Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
Dilligent | Quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness |
Traumatic | Psychologically painful |
Dissent | A difference of opinion |
Valid | Well-grounded in logic or truth or having legal force |
Jeopardize | Pose a threat to; present a danger to |
Elation | A feeling of joy and pride |
Solar Energy | obtained by harnessing the energy of the sun’s light and converting it to electricity |
Hydroelectric | energy that is derived from the force of moving water |
Biomass | energy that comes from living or once-living matter, usually from plants that can be grown in bulk such as corn, sugarcane, or wood. |
Wind Energy | uses the kinetic energy of the wind to convert it into electricity |
Geothermal | an energy resource that comes from the thermal energy generated and stored in Earth |
Nuclear Energy | energy resource that is obtained through the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work. |
Fossil Fuels | energy resources that formed, through heat and pressure, in the Earth’s crust over millions of years from buried remains of organisms. |
Energy Resource | a natural resource that can be converted into other forms of energy to do useful work |
Nonrenewable | resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes. |
Renewable | resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time |