Natural Resources Flashcards
Natural Resources
Any natural materiel that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forest and animals.
Renewable Resources
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which resources are consumed.
Non Renewable Resources
A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed.
Recycling
The process pf recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; The process of reusing some items.
Fossil Fuel
A non renewable energy resource formed from remains of organisms that lived long ago; Examples include oil, coal, and natural gas.
Petroleum
A liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds; used widely as a fuel source.
Natural Gas
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth, often near Petroleum deposits; used as fuel.
Coal
A fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plat mineral.
Acid Precipitation
Precipitation, such as rain, sleet, or snow, that contains a high consecration of acids, often because of the pollution of the atmosphere.
Smog
Petrochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial pollutants and burning fuels.
Nuclear energy
The energy released by a fission or fusion reaction; the bindings energy of the atomic nucleus.
Chemical Energy
The energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds.
Solar Energy
The energy received by the earth from the sun in the form of radiation.
Wind Power
The use of a windmill to drive an electric generator.
Hydroelectric Energy
Electric energy produced by falling water.
