Ees Chapter 24.1/25: Natural Resources

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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.