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18 Cards in this Set
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Natural Resource |
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 that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed |
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Recycling |
the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; the process of reusing some items |
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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 a 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 product 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 |
electrical 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 and alcohol that is used as a fuel |
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Geothermal energy |
the energy produced by heat within the Earth |
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Fossil Fuel |
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples including oil, coal, and natural gas |
