Vocab
Energy rich substances made from the preserved remains of organism
What are fossil fuels?
What is an example of a nonrenewable resource
What is silver?
Trapped in pockets within layers of rock deep below Earth's surface
What is natural gas?
What is made from the remains of small animals, algae, and other organisms that lived in marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago
What is petroleum?
What is an example of a natural resource
What is the sun?
The splitting of an atom's nucleus into two nuclei
What is nuclear fission?
Formed from the remains of plants that died long ago and around swampy areas
What is coal?
In what 3 continents is coal found?
What is Asia, Australia, and North America?
The fuel used for nuclear fission inside nuclear reactors
What is uranium?
Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans use is a
What is a natural resource?
What advantage does coal have over wood?
It has twice as much energy as wood
Involves the pressured fluids to break layers of shale rock and force out the trapped natural gas
What is fracking?
A resource that cannot be replaced is called a
What is a nonrenewable resource?
T/F Petroleum is especially useful for powering engines, automobiles, ships, trains, and airplanes
What is true?
The most important nonrenewable resources for humans
What are fossil fuels?