5. Non-renewable resources Flashcards
Sources that will eventually run out, or
at least will not be replenished in our
lifetime
Non-renewable resources
the in situ natural concentration of minerals within a
geologically defined envelope.
Mineral resource
the well explored and defined part of the deposit at a specific cutoff after completion of detailed exploration
Mineral reserve
Extraction of deposits from the earth
Mining
Types of Mining
Open pit mining
Underground mining
Common minerals found in the Philippines
Gold
Copper
Chromite
Nickel
Iron
Manganese
Bulk of metallic minerals in the philippines:
Copper
contaminated liquid from
percolating water through solid waste or
any form of matter
Leachate
any material that can be changed to
release energy in a controlled manner
Fuel
Fossil fuels:
Coal
Petroleum
Natural gas
are fuels that can be mined from underground or
undersea deposits and include high percentages of carbon.
Fossil fuels
fuel that accounts for >80% of energy source in the world
Fossil fuels
Most abundant energy resource in
Earth’s crust (compared to
petroleum and uranium)
Coal
Formed from natural process of dead
plants submerged in swamp
environments then subjected to geologic
process
Coal
Oil found in rocks/sediments
Petroleum
[fossil fuel] Mixture of hydrocarbons
petroleum
[fossil fuel] Mainly formed from decaying
organisms in the ocean being
subjected to geologic process for
millions of years
Petroleum
[fossil fuel] mostly methan
natural gas