Fossil Fuels
World's most abundant fossil fuel
Coal
Energy from the Sun
Solar Energy
Renewable energy derived from burning organic materials such as wood and alcohol
Biomass Energy
Deposit in which a mineral exists in large enough amounts to be mined at a profit
Ore
Any resource not used as fuels or as a source of metals
Nonmetallic Mineral Resource
Liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms
Oil
Area where many windmills use wind to generate electricity
Wind Farm
Biomass fuel is changed to an alcohol during ___________
Distillation
Chemical process that removes unwanted elements from the metal that is being processed
Is a source of silica used to make glass
Sandstone
The 1st stage of coal
Peat
Hydroelectric Power
As much as ___ of what is thrown away can be burned
2/3
Resources from which metals are obtained
Mineral Resource
Used to make potassium fertilizer
Sylvite
Stable molecules found hundreds of meters below sea level in ocean floor sediments
Methane Hydrates
Inexhaustible energy resource that uses hot magma
Geothermal Energy
____ can be added to another fuel
Alcohol
Waste rock that has to be removed before a mineral can be used is called ___
Gangue
Used to make table salt
Halite
Human made fuels that can be derived from coal
Synthetic Fuels
Using waterwheels next to streams or rivers to generate energy to power wheels that grind grain or cut lumber
Micro Hydropower
Steam turns _____ that run generators that produce electricity
Turbines
Hematite is a(n) ____ ore
Iron
___ is made of crushed stone or mixture of gravel and sand
Abrasives