natural resources Flashcards
any natural material that is used by humans
Natural Resource
natural resource that can be replaced
Renewable resource
natural resource that cannot be replaced
Nonrenewable resource
process of reusing some items
Recycling
formed by remains of organisms that lived long ago
Fossil Fuels
liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds
Petroleum
mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the earth
natural gas
used as fuel
coal
rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentration of acids
Acid Precipitation
haze that forms when sunlight acts on burning fuels
smog
energy released by fission
Nuclear Energy
energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds
chemical energy
energy received by the Earth from the sun
solar energy
use of a windmill to produce energy
wind power
energy produced by falling water
hydroelectric energy