natural resource vocab

Question 1

natural resource

Answer 1

any natural materials that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forests and animals

Question 2

renewable resource

Answer 2

a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at witch the resource is consumed

Question 3

non renewable resource

Answer 3

a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed

Question 4

recycling

Answer 4

the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap

Question 5

petroleum

Answer 5

used widely as a fuel resource

Question 6

natural gas

Answer 6

used as a fuel

Question 7

coal

Answer 7

a fossil fuel that forms underground from

Question 8

fossil fuel

Answer 8

a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago

Question 9

acid precipitation

Answer 9

rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentration of acids

Question 10

smog

Answer 10

photo chemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial pollutants and burning fuels

Question 11

nuclear energy

Answer 11

the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction

Question 12

chemical energy

Answer 12

the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds.

Question 13

solar energy

Answer 13

the energy received by the earth from the sun in the form of radiation

Question 14

wind power

Answer 14

the use of a windmill to drive an electric generator

Question 15

hydroelectric energy

Answer 15

electrical energy produced by falling water

Question 16

biomass

Answer 16

organic matter that can be a source of energy

Question 17

gasohol

Answer 17

a mixture of gasoline and alcohol that is used as fuel

Question 18

geothermal energy

Answer 18

the energy produced by heat within the earth