Natural Resources Vocab Flashcards
Natural Resource
any natural material that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forests and animals
Renewable Resource
a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
Nonrenewable Resource
a resource forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed
Recycling
the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; the process of reusing some items
Fossil Fuel
a nonrenewable enery resoure formed from the remains of organisums that lived long ago;examples include oli, coal, and natural gas
Petroleum
a liquad mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds; used widely as a fuel source
Natural Gas
a mixtureof gaseous hydrocarbons located under the of Earth , often near petroleum deposits’used as a fuel
Coal
a fossil fuel that forms under ground from partially decomposed plant material
Acid Precipitation
precipitation such as rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentration of acids ofthen because of the pollution of the atmosphere
Smog
photochemial haze that forms when sunlight acts on indutrial pollutats and burning fuels
Nuclear Energy
the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction; the binding enegry of the atmoic nucleus
Chemical Energy
the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds
Solar Energy
the energy recived by earth from the sun in the form of radiation.
Wind Power
the use of a windmill to drive an electric generator
Hydroelectric Energy
electrical energy produced by falling water
Biomass
organic matter that can be a source of energy
Gasohol
a mixture of gasoline and alcohol that is used as a fuel
Geothermal Energy
the energy produced by heat within the Earth
