Nonrenewable energy Resources
Three Types of fossil fuels
coal, oil, and natural gas
energy from the sun
What is Solar energy
deposit in which a mineral can be mined at large enough amounts to make a profit
What is an Ore?
energy that uses uranium-235 as fuel
What is Nuclear Power?
Nonpolluting and free
What is Wind energy?
thick, black liquid formed from the buried remains of microscopic organisms.
What is Oil?
an area with a large number of windmills
what is a Wind farm
deposit of useful minerals
What is a Mineral resource?
Highly radioactive elements formed by the fission process
What is Nuclear waste?
thing that can be used to generate electricity from wind
What is a windmill?
alternate energy source produced from atomic reactions.
What is Nuclear Energy
electricity produced by water
What is Hydroelectric energy
the process of using old materials to make new ones
What is Recycling?
Splitting of heavy elements to produce energy
What is Nuclear Fission?
Isn't steady or consistent
What is wind?
amount of a fossil fuel that can be extracted at a profit using current technology.
What is a Reserve
energy obtained by using heat inside Earth
What is Geothermal Energy?
table salt derives from
What is Halite?
Nonrenewable energy resource that produces radioactive waste
What is Nuclear energy?
Used to sail ships
What is wind power
percent of coal that is plant remains.
What is 50%
energy derived from burning organic material
What is Biomass energy?
one of the most important nonmetallic mineral resource
What is Aggregate?
A thing that could eliminate environmental problems from nuclear waste
What is fusion?
can whip a kite high in the sky and lift it
What are high winds?