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Energy-Basic Vocabulary 2013

This document provides vocabulary related to energy sources in English and French. It includes translations of terms like fossil fuels, renewable energy, oil, coal, peat, wind turbine, solar panel, and nuclear power plant. There are exercises matching energy sources to their uses, filling in sentences about production and consumption of electricity, and identifying total percentages of fossil fuels and renewable energy in 2008 world energy consumption.

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Energy-Basic Vocabulary 2013

This document provides vocabulary related to energy sources in English and French. It includes translations of terms like fossil fuels, renewable energy, oil, coal, peat, wind turbine, solar panel, and nuclear power plant. There are exercises matching energy sources to their uses, filling in sentences about production and consumption of electricity, and identifying total percentages of fossil fuels and renewable energy in 2008 world energy consumption.

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STIDD - ETLVE - 1ère ENERGY BASIC VOCABULARY

a) Give the translation of words or sentences:

Fossil fuels are fuels* formed by natural processes such as decomposition of dead organisms.
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Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished**.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
* fuel : carburant, combustible ** to replenish : se remplir

……………………..………. : pétrole ………… : charbon, houille

…………… UK
……………. F
Peat: (A mass of recently accumulated to
partially carbonized plant debris. This
material is on its way to becoming coal but
its plant debris source is still easily
recognizable) :

....................................................
....................................................
wind turbine :……………………………………
....................................................
solar panel :……………………………………
....................................................
waste :……………………………………
nuclear power station / power plant :……………………………
....................................................
eco-friendly :……………………………………
....................................................
....................................................
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STIDD - ETLVE - 1ère ENERGY BASIC VOCABULARY

b) Put a cross in the corresponding box:


Energy used as
Renewable energy
Fossil fuels Electricity Heat Fuel
sources
oil / petroleum
wind
coal
peat
sun (photovoltaic)
sun (thermal)
solid biomass
biofuels
natural gas
geothermal heat
rivers, tides and waves
uranium

c) Use the verbs below to complete the sentences: produce / consume / pollute / reduce

 In industrialized countries, people ……………………… more electricity than in rural areas of developing
countries. That’s why they must ……………………… more.

 The government has just made a law which obliges industries to ………………… CO2 emissions.
As a result, factories should ………..………… less in the future.

d) Choose the appropriate word among the ones in italics: (cross out the wrong word)
 This French company sells electricity to foreign countries.
In fact, they export / import 20% of their production / consumption.
 According to experts, the use of green energy will decrease / increase significantly
in the near future.

e) Read the data and answer the questions:


Energy by power source 2008 World energy consumption
TWh %
Oil 48 204 33,50% Nu- Hy Other RE
clea dro
Coal 38 497 26,80% r Oil
Gas 30 134 20,90%
Nuclear 8 283 5,80%
Gas
Hydro 3 208 2,20%
Other RE* 15 284 10,60%
Others 241 0,20%
Total 143 851 100,00% Coal
Source: IEA *=solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels

What is the total percentage of fossil fuels? ...........................................................


What is the total percentage of renewable energy? ...........................................................
STIDD - ETLVE - 1ère ENERGY BASIC VOCABULARY

a) Give the translation of words or sentences : Document complété

Fossil fuels are fuels* formed by natural processes such as decomposition of dead organisms.
Les combustibles fossiles sont des combustibles formés à partir d’un processus naturel
comme la décomposition d’organismes morts.
Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished**.
Une énergie renouvelable est une énergie qui provient de ressources qui se remplissent
continuellement.
* fuel : carburant, combustible ** to replenish : se remplir

oil, petroleum : pétrole coal : charbon, houille

dam : UK
barrage
F
Peat: (A mass of recently accumulated to
partially carbonized plant debris. This
material is on its way to becoming coal but
its plant debris source is still easily
recognizable) :

Tourbe : Une masse de débris de


végétaux récemment accumulés et
wind turbine : éolienne partiellement carbonisés. Ce
solar panel :panneau solaire matériau est en train de devenir du
waste : déchets charbon mais son origine de débris
nuclear power station / power plant : centrale nucléaire
de végétaux est encore facilement
eco-friendly : respectueux de l'environnement
reconnaissable.
STIDD - ETLVE - 1ère ENERGY BASIC VOCABULARY

b) Put a cross in the corresponding box:


Energy used as
Renewable energy
Fossil fuels Electricity Heat Fuel
sources
oil / petroleum    
wind  
coal    
peat    
sun (photovoltaic)  
sun (thermal)   
solid biomass    
biofuels    
natural gas    
geothermal heat    
rivers, tides and waves  
uranium   
c) Use the verbs below to complete the sentences:
produce / consume / pollute / reduce /
 In industrialized countries, people consume more electricity than in rural areas of developing countries.
That’s why they must produce more.

 The government has just made a law which obliges industries to reduce CO2 emissions.
As a result, factories should pollute less in the future.

d) Choose the appropriate word among the ones in italics: (cross out the wrong word)
 This French company sells electricity to foreign countries.
In fact, they export / import 20% of their production / consumption.
 According to experts, the use of green energy will decrease / increase significantly
in the near future.

e) Read the data and answer the questions:


Energy by power source 2008 World energy consumption
TWh %
Oil 48 204 33,50% Nu- Hy Other RE
clea dro
Coal 38 497 26,80% r Oil
Gas 30 134 20,90%
Nuclear 8 283 5,80%
Gas
Hydro 3 208 2,20%
Other RE* 15 284 10,60%
Others 241 0,20%
Total 143 851 100,00% Coal
Source: IEA *=solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels

What is the total percentage of fossil fuels? The total percentage of fossil fuels is 81.2 %
What is the total percentage of renewable energy? The total percentage of renewable energy is 12.8 %

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