Chapter Five

Question 1

rescoure that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes

Answer 1

nonrenewable rescource

Question 2

a rescource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as is it used

Answer 2

renewable rescource

Question 3

energy stored in and released from a nucleus of an atom

Answer 3

nuclear energy

Question 4

a process in which minded land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation

Answer 4

reclamation

Question 5

energy from the Sun

Answer 5

solar energy

Question 6

a group of wind turbines that produce electricity

Answer 6

wind farm

Question 7

electricity produced from flowing water

Answer 7

hydroelectric power

Question 8

thermal energy from Earth’s interior

Answer 8

geothermal energy

Question 9

energy produced by burning organic matte, such as wood, food scrapes, and alchol

Answer 9

biomass energy

Question 10

a deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

Answer 10

ore

Question 11

the removal of large areas of forests for human purposes

Answer 11

deforestation

Question 12

air pollution that forms from the interaction between chemicals in the air and sunlight

Answer 12

potochemical smog

Question 13

precipitation that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater

Answer 13

acid precipitation