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Chapter 5 ( Energy) Flashcards

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Fusion

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Materials of low mass are fused together to form a substance of higher mass

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The amount of a fossil fuel that can be extracted at a profit using current technology

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Reserve

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Synthetic Fuels

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Fuels extracted from solid organic material. Hydrocarbons are extracted from coal to form both liquid and gaseous forms of this fuel.

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Geothermal Energy

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Energy obtained by using hot magma or hot, dry rocks inside of the Earth

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When a large number of windmills are placed in one area for the purpose of generating electricity

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Wind Farm

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A resource that can be replaced or restored as it is used or within a relatively short amount of time

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Renewable Resources

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Nuclear Energy

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An alternative energy source produced from atomic reactions

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A liquid hydrocarbon that is often referred to as petroleum. Thick, black liquid formed from the buried remains of microscopic marine organisms

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Oil

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Compounds that contain hydrogen and carbon atoms

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Hydrocarbons

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Energy from the sun. This indirectly includes wind and moving water

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Solar Energy

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The splitting of heavy elements to produce energy

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Nuclear Fission

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Gangue

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The waste rock that must be removed before a mineral can be used

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Fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas that form from the remains of plants and other organisms that were buried and altered over millions of years

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Fossil Fuels

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Reserve

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The amount of a fossil fuel that can be extracted at a profit using current technology

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The ability to cause change

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Energy

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A sedimentary rock formed from the compacted and transformed remains of ancient plant matter. This rock contains at least 50% plant remains. The most abundant fossil fuel

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Coal

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Coal

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A sedimentary rock formed from the compacted and transformed remains of ancient plant matter. This rock contains at least 50% plant remains. The most abundant fossil fuel

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A new source of methane located beneath the seafloor

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Methane Hydrates

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A deposit of useful minerals

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Mineral Resources

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Has fossil fuels that are concentrated enough that they can be extracted from the Earth in useful amounts

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Resource

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Solar Energy

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Energy from the sun. This indirectly includes wind and moving water

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Renewable Resources

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A resource that can be replaced or restored as it is used or within a relatively short amount of time

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Energy derived from burning organic material such as wood, alcohol, and garbage

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Biomass Energy

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Energy

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The ability to cause change

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Biomass Energy

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Energy derived from burning organic material such as wood, alcohol, and garbage

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Electricity produced by water power

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Hydroelectric Energy

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Forms under similar conditions and often with oil, but it forms in a gaseous state

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Natural Gas

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Ores

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Deposits in which a mineral or minerals exist in large enough amounts to be mined at a profit

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Energy obtained by using hot magma or hot, dry rocks inside of the Earth

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Geothermal Energy

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Nonrenewable Resources

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Resources that are being used faster that natural Earth processes can replace them

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The waste rock that must be removed before a mineral can be used

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Gangue

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Resource

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Has fossil fuels that are concentrated enough that they can be extracted from the Earth in useful amounts

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Fuels extracted from solid organic material. Hydrocarbons are extracted from coal to form both liquid and gaseous forms of this fuel.

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Synthetic Fuels

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Recycling

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Using old materials to make new ones

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Materials of low mass are fused together to form a substance of higher mass

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Fusion

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Natural Gas

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Forms under similar conditions and often with oil, but it forms in a gaseous state

37
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Methane Hydrates

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A new source of methane located beneath the seafloor

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An alternative energy source produced from atomic reactions

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Nuclear Energy

39
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Wind Farm

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When a large number of windmills are placed in one area for the purpose of generating electricity

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Using old materials to make new ones

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Recycling

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Hydrocarbons

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Compounds that contain hydrogen and carbon atoms

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Mineral Resources

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A deposit of useful minerals

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Oil

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A liquid hydrocarbon that is often referred to as petroleum. Thick, black liquid formed from the buried remains of microscopic marine organisms

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Fossil Fuels

A

Fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas that form from the remains of plants and other organisms that were buried and altered over millions of years

45
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Hydroelectric Energy

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Electricity produced by water power

46
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Deposits in which a mineral or minerals exist in large enough amounts to be mined at a profit

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Ores

47
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Nuclear Fission

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The splitting of heavy elements to produce energy

48
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Resources that are being used faster that natural Earth processes can replace them

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Nonrenewable Resources

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where solar energy comes from

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sun

50
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used indirectly when winds and ocean currents are used to work

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tidal energy

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use wind energy

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wind mills

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hydroelectric power uses this

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water

53
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built to retain water

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dam

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energy from hot magma

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geothermal

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state where geothermal energy is being used

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hawaii

56
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ethanol mixed with gasoline

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gasohol

57
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a large number of windmills placed in one area to generate electricity

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wind farm

58
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when using magma and water to create energy, the magma’s heat turns the water in to this

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steam

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collect suns energy

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solar cells

60
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a tall leafy renewable energy resource

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tree

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using wood for energy can create this

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pollution

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aluminum comes from this

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bauxite

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type of energy resource

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inexhaustible

Matthew 2014-15 (BIO) (13 decks)

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