steam booklet Flashcards
natural resource
a natural resource is taken from the earth and used with a few changes eg. wood, water gases
synthetic resource
are natural resources that have been chemically changed e.g paper, plastic and glass
biosphere
living things including plants and fruits
hydrosphere
all the waters on the earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’s surface, such as clouds.
lithosphere
solid, rocky, crust covering the plant, non-living and composed of minerals, rocks and landscapes features such as mountains and valleys
atmosphere
An atmosphere is a blanket of gases that surrounds Earth.
renewable resources
can be replaced easily such as wind and solar power
non-renewable
a resource that cannot be easily replaced. petrol is made from fossil fuels that took millions of years to make
ore meaning
natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals-example copper, gold, and iron.
meaning of fossil feul
fossil feuls are non-renweable that took millions of years to make example- coal, oil
sustainability and example
to look after and manage the earth’s natural resources
explain recycling
convert (waste) into reusable material:
solvent
a usually liquid substance capable of dissolving or dispersing one or more other substances
solute
the minor component in a solution, dissolved in the solvent
whats a solute and solvent together?
sugar in water
