Natural resources Flashcards
any natural material that is used by humans such as water petrolem minerals forests 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 renews at a rate that is much slower at which it is consumed
Nonrenewable Resource
the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap the process of reusing some items
Recycling
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived a long time ago
Fossil Fuel
a liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds used widely as a fuel source
Petroleum
a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the earth often near petrolem depostits used as fuel
Natural Gas
a fossil fuel that forms underground from particaly decomposed plant material
Coal
rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentraition of acids
Acid Precipitation
photochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrail pollutants and burning fuels
Smog
the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction the binding energy of the atomic nucleus
Nuclear Energy
the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to reduce 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
