### energy:

Solar energy
* More solar energy is absorbed by Earth s surface than by the atmosphere
  - means more productivity which indirectly contributes to more diversity
* Most solar energy creates heat
  - heats surfaces
  - provides heat
  - reaches earth
* Some solar energy falls on earth.
* Some solar energy is absorbed by ozone in the atmosphere
  - captured by plants to form chemical energy
  - recycled as high energy light
  - reflected by the atmosphere
  - strikes earth atmospheres
* accounts for almost all of the energy used to produce our beef.
* can also provide space and water heating and electricity
  - be an effective renewable energy source in our country
  - eventually replace nuclear power, coal, oil, and gas
  - have appropriate applications, if it can be made economic
  - heat pools
* can meet many of our needs for lighting, heating, and electricity
  - part or all of a home's domestic hot water needs
  - power any number of devices, without creating pollution
  - provide electricity and heat
* captured during photosynthesis is released when the wood is burnt.
* causes no pollution.
* causes water in the ocean to evaporate, giving it potential energy
  - to evaporate and causes rain when the water precipitates
* clean and abundant resource in Colorado that many can take advantage of
* comes from the sun
  - to Earth from the sun
* creates electricity using solar cells
  - jobs
* does work, as does the wind.
* drives nearly all ecosystems
  - our planet's winds and it is the winds that generate waves
  - the collective metabolism of the estuary
* enters atmospheres.
* evaporates water and winds distribute water vapor across the earth.
* great source of clean, non-polluting energy.
* has huge potential to be the major energy sources if harnessed efficiently
  - many environmental and long-range benefits
  - no carbon dioxide emissions
  - several branches, including hydro and wind
* heats the ground by passing through a clear plastic barrier
  - water directly for storage in a hot water tank
* holds the basic control over the flow of nutrient and energy.
* involves using sunlight to create power.
* is aboundant in Mexico
  - absorbed and used by all things
* is absorbed by chlorophyll in the leaves
  - humans
  - paper, and causes it to change color
  - plants where in it is converted to stored chemical energy
* is abundant and present
  - renewable with minimal environmental impacts
  - in Malaysia
  - abundant, reliable and is commonly used to power satellites today
* is also a more efficient employer than the other non-renewable power sources
  - well suited for use in remote locations
  - alternative energy
  - amply adequate for all the conceivable energy needs of the world
* is an alternative clean source of photons for certain photochemical reactions
  - environmentally friendly and clean energy source
  - intermittent and unreliable energy source
  - investment in the future starting from today
  - any type of energy generated by the sun
  - captured and used locally
* is changed into chemical energy by plants
  - to plant matter by photosynthesis
* is clean and unlimited
  - clean, efficient and renewable
* is collected by solar panels and converted to electrical energy
  - naturally in the earth's atmosphere, plant life, and the oceans
  - using solar panels, which are made up out of solar cells
  - considered one of the cleanest and safest sources of energy
  - converted directly to electricity by the photovoltaic array
  - created by nuclear fusion that takes place in the sun
  - decentralized, there are few economies of scale in the collecting of solar energy
  - derived from the sun
  - electromagnetic radiation
* is energy that comes directly from the sun
  - is produced by our sun
  - fixed by the photoautotrophs , called primary producers, like green plants
  - free and inexhaustible
  - free, clean and forever
  - harnessed and concentrated into panels, converted into electricity, and distributed
  - higher in the southwest and central part of the state
  - incorporated into the foods manufactured by plants
  - larger than oil, and more sustainable with ever decreasing cost
* is light energy that comes from the sun
  - limited only by cloud cover and the earth's rotation
  - more than just sunshine, it is also the energy of wind
  - most intense when the sun is directly overhead
  - nearly free energy
  - needed to evaporate water from oceans to form clouds
  - nonpolluting
  - nuclear energy
  - obtained from sunlight
  - our most important constant energy source
  - possibly, the only unconditionally renewable resource
  - probably the result of the fusion of ordinary hydrogen atoms to form helium
  - produced at the core of the sun by nuclear fusion
* is produced by nuclear fusion reactions on the sun
  - within the sun
  - when light energy is absorbed and is changed into heat and used for power
  - provided by the sun and collected by a solar panel
  - renewable, clean, dependable, and quiet
  - seasonal, varied and intermittent
* is simply energy that has been generated by the sun
  - the light and heat that come from the sun
* is stored in chemical bonds in biological molecules needed to sustain life on Earth
  - the outer layers of the earth's crust
  - sufficient for lights only
  - suitable for use just about anywhere in Texas
* is the best energy source, in terms of environment and availability
  - source of power, because it is free, efficient, and endless
  - direct conversion of sunlight using panels or collectors
  - driving force for most natural phenomena at the earth's surface
* is the energy given off by the sun
  - in the sun's rays
  - of the future
* is the only available energy source large enough to displace coal
  - source of energy available to offset energy inevitably lost to entropy
  - original source of energy in most ecosystems
  - prototype of an environmentally friendly energy source
  - result of thermonuclear fusion reactions deep within the sun
* is the solar power integrated over the ten minute period
  - radiation that reaches the earth
* is the source of all energy
  - energy for photosynthesis
  - technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable
  - ultimate source for creating lightning
  - transformed in chemical energy glucose
  - trapped by the green plants by photosynthesis
* is used efficiently in water heating and in space heating of buildings
  - in grazing web
  - primarily for space heating and water heating
* is used to build energy-rich molecules in endergonic reactions in chloroplasts
  - extract underground water to irrigate the oran
* is used to heat a refrigerant under pressure
  - homes, to heat water, and to make electricity
  - the home and provide domestic hot water
  - power the electric fencing surrounding the reserve
  - split water into hydrogen and oxygen
  - supply heating, energy and water heating
  - utilized for drying cloth, fish, salt etc
  - vital in supplying power to distant places
  - what makes life possible on earth
* nonrenewable resource that is used by many countries all over the world.
* offers a clean and effectively inexhaustible source of energy
  - promise for environmental reasons and as a power source for remote locations
* passes through the glazing and heats the water in the tanks.
* plays a prominent role in providing heat, hot water and electricity.
* powerful source.
* powers the winds along with the spin of the planet.
* provides a degree of dependability and versatility unmatched by other power sources
  - heat and light for animals and plants
  - that initial source of energy for terrestrial food chains
* radiant energy produced in the sun as a result of nuclear fusion reactions.
* radiates through space to the Earth.
* reaches Earth through radiation, mostly in the form of visible light
* refers primarily to the use of solar radiation for practical ends.
* renewable energy resource and there are no fuel costs
  - source that converts the sun's heat and light into energy
* renewable resource limited only by the inflow rate from the sun to the earth
  - that offers hope for the future
* sustains comfortable conditions for life.
* takes the form of radiant heat and light emanating from the sun.
* used by itself creates no carbon dioxide or other toxic emissions.
* uses fewer natural resources than conventional energy sources.
* viable renewable energy source.
* warms the Earth, causes wind and weather, and sustains plant and animal life.
* weapon of the people.