chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes
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nonrenewable resource
2
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A resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used
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renewable resource
3
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energy stored in and released from the nucleas of an atom
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nuclear energy
4
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a process in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation
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reclamation
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