Nonrenewable Energy
What is a factory that separates crude oil into different products called?
Refinery
What type of energy is produced when water flows from reservoirs and turns turbines?
Hydroelectric Energy
What is a solid substance that is found naturally in the earth called?
A Mineral
What is the term for when a field is left resting for a season or year?
Fallow
What is the term used for water vapor in the air?
Humidity
What mineral does most nuclear energy depend on?
Uranium
What type of energy uses heat from the earth to produce steam?
Geothermal Energy
What are concentrated areas of specific metals called?
Veins
What is a low growing crop that helps protect the soil and slow evaporation called?
A Ground Cover
When pieces of glaciers, ice sheets, or ice shelves break off and float in the water by themselves they are called...
Icebergs
Name 3 fossil fuels
Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal
Name a problem with relying on a wind farm to produce energy?
Possible Answers:
They require a steady wind.
Scientists still don't fully understand how to store the energy.
If a metal is soft or shapeable it is known as what?
It is malleable.
What is it called when a farmer plows horizontally around a hill so that water will not wash all the soil away?
Contour Plowing
What is water that is stored beneath the earth called?
Ground Water
How are fossil fuels formed?
When the remains of plants and animals are buried quickly.
What is a large solar collection area known as?
A solar field
Name 2 precious metals.
Gold and Silver
Name one method a farmer might use in order to keep their soil nutrient rich and productive?
Rotate Crops
Use fertilizer
Let the ground lie fallow.
What are layers of sand, gravel and bedrock that hold and move water called?
Aquifers
What are chemicals produced from oil called?
Petrochemicals
Name 4 types of renewable energy.
Wind, Solar, Hydroelectric, Geothermal.
Name a strong, but lightweight metal that is also the most abundant metal in the earths crust.
Aluminum
What are the 3 R's when it comes to preserving resources?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
All of earths water found in bodies of water, the ground, and the air is called what?
The hydrosphere