Flashcards
Natural resources are resources that exist without any actions of humankind.
Natural Resources
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.
Renewable Resources
A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed.
Nonrenewable resource
You take plastic materials and throw them away.
Recycling
Fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed underground from the remains of dead plants and animals that humans extract and burn to release energy for use.
Fossil fuel
Petroleum is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons that occur on Earth in liquid, gaseous, or solid form.
Petroleum
Its natural gas material is natural.
Natural Gas
Fossil fuel formed underground.
Coal
Participation such as sleet or snow.
Acid Precipitation
Fog close to the ground that isn’t natural.
Smog
Energy refused by fusion.
Nuclear Energy
Energy is released when undergoing a reaction.
Chemical Energy
Solar energy is the radiation from the Sun capable of producing heat, causing chemical reactions, or generating electricity.
Solar Energy
Power is obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind.
Wind Power
Hydroelectric energy, also called hydroelectric power or hydroelectricity, is a form of energy that harnesses the power of water in motion.
Hydroelectric Energy