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Natural Resources
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Resources provided by the Earth. Air, water, land, etc.
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Non-Renewable Resources
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Resources that exist in Earth's crust in a fixed amount and can only be replaced by processes that take hundreds of millions of years.
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Renewable Resources
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Natural Resources that can be replaced within a relatively short period of time (80-100 years)
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Sustainable Yield
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Replacement of renewable resources at the same rate at which they are being consumed.
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Biomass Fuel
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Fuel derived from one living things.
example: wood, field crops |
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Fossil Fuel
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Non-renewable energy source formed over millions of years from decomposed organic material, bacteria and compression. example: petroleum
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Fuel
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A material that is consumed to produce energy.
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Peat
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Light, spongy, organic fossil fuel derived from moss and other "bog" plants.
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Geothermal Energy
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Energy produced by using the Earth's internal heat to produce steam.
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Hydroelectric Power
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Using the flow of water to generate electricity.
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Nuclear Fission
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The process of dividing/splitting atoms to produce large amounts of energy.
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Photovoltaic Cell
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Thin, transparent wafer that converts sunlight int electrical energy and is made up of silicon.
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Cogeneration
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The production of two usable forms of energy at the same time from the same process which can conserve resources and generate income.
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Energy Efficient
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A type of conservation in which the amount of work produced is compared to the amount of energy used.
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Sustainable Energy
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This involves the global management of Earth's resources to ensure that current and future energy needs will be met without harming the environment.
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