Types of resources
parts of the environment useful for the survival of living organisms
Natural Resources
Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling
Conservation
Water mixed with pollution in the air
Acid Precipitation
Source of energy taken from the earth's heat
geothermal
Liquid form of energy from fossils
Petroleum
resource that can be easily recycled or replaced
renewable resource
using less of something to conserve its resources
Reduce
The thinning of the Ozone layer
Ozone Depletion
Type of energy from steam causes by the separation of the nucleus of an atom.
Nuclear energy
What makes power when moved by a turbine
Generator
Resource that cannot be easily replaced by natural processes
Non renewable resource
Re purposing something out something else
Reuse
Warming of the earth by trapping sunlight
Greenhouse effect
Type of energy generated from falling water
hydro electric
Blades that turn a generator to produce electricity.
Turbine
fuels formed from remains of old organisms
Fossil Fuels
taking something and reprocessing it into a new form
Recycling
The pollution of both surface and ground water
Water pollution
type of energy from the sun
Solar Energy
Type of gas that has no smell or color caused by the burning of natural gas in houses.
Carbon monoxide
Resources like Hydro Electric, Solar, Geothermal, and Nuclear
Alternative Resources
Things we recycle (5)
Metal, Glass, Plastics, Paper, and Compost
Wind or rain washing away soil.
Erosion
Materials that are harmful to human health or poisonous to living organisms
Hazardous Waste
Radioactive gas in homes given off by some rocks and soil.
Radon