Natural Resource Flashcards
any natural material that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forest and animals
Natural Resource
a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
Renewable Resource
a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed
Nonrenewable Resource
the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap
Recycling
a nonrenewable energy resources formed from the remains of organism that lived long ago
Fossil Fuel
a liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds
Petroleum
a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the earth
Natural Gas
a fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plant material
Coal
or acid deposition, is a broad term that includes any form of precipitation with acidic components
Acid Precipitation
photochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial pollutants and bunning fuels
Smog
the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction
Nuclear Energy
the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds
Chemical Energy
the energy received by the earth from the sun in the form of radiation
Solar Energy
the use of a windmill to drive an electric generator
Wind Power
electrical energy produced by falling water
Hydroelectric Energy
