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Question 1

renewable resources

Answer 1

materials that are replaced or replenished by natural processes

Question 2

types of renewable resources

Answer 2

-Perpetual resources: come from sources that are virtually inexhaustible (sun)

-Potentially renewable resources: renewable if left to nature but can be destroyed if people use them carelessly (soil)

Question 3

nonrenewable resources

Answer 3

exists in finite amounts or are generated in nature so slowly that for all practical purpose, the supply is finite

Question 4

Nuclear Fission

Answer 4

involves controlled “splitting” of an atomic nucleus of uranium-235

Question 5

Nuclear Fusion

Answer 5

requires heating atoms to extremely high temperatures until their nuclei collide and fuse

Question 6

what increased interest in renewable resources has resulted from (DDDG)

Answer 6

dangers of nuclear energy
depleting fossil fuels
desire for less foreign energy dependency
global climate change

Question 7

hydropower can be generated as a function of what two variables

Answer 7

the elevation drop and the flow rate