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18 Cards in this Set
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natural reasource |
any natural material that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forests and animals |
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renewable resource |
a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed |
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nonrenewable resource |
a resource that forms at a rate at which it is consumed |
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recycling |
the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap |
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fossil fuel |
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago |
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petroleum |
a liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds used widely as a fuel source |
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natural gas |
a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth often near petroleum deposits used as fuel |
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coal |
a fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plant material |
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acid precipitation |
precipitation such as rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentration of acids often because of the pollution of the atmosphere |
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smog |
photochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial pollutants and burning fuels |
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nuclear energy |
the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction the binding energy of the atomic nucleus |
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chemical energy |
the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds |
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solar energy |
the energy received by the Earth from the sun in the form of radiation |
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wind power |
the use of a windmill to drive an electric generator |
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hydroelectric energy |
electric energy produced by falling water |
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biomass |
organic matter that can be a source of energy |
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gasohol |
a mixture of gasoline ad acohol that is used as a fuel |
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geothermal energy |
the energy produced by heat within the Earth |