energy
resources
enviroment
fossil fuels
potpourri
100
the result of energy that is harnessed from falling or running water which can be converted into electricity
What is conservation?
100
resource that can be replaced in a relatively short time
What are renewable resources?
100
the harmful addition to the natural enviroment
What is pollution?
100
life forms originally used the sun's energy to survive
What are fossil fuels?
100
the joining of two nuclei to make a nucleus with a larger mass
What is fusion?
200
pollution, health problems, smog, acid rain, etc.
What are some nonmonetary costs of energy use?
200
soil is nonrenewable
what is soil, renewable or nonrenewable?
200
using natural resources wisely
What is conservation?
200
synthetic substance decieved petroleum, a fossil fuel
What is plastic?
200
artificial; human made
What does synthetic mean?
300
what kind of source is where the light, heat, and electricity people use comes from
What is an energy source?
300
fossil fuels and nuclear fuels
What are 2 main types of nonrenewable resources?
300
conservation can be as simple as choosing to walk
is conservation simple?
300
oil, coal, natural gas
what are some fossil fuels?
300
what is a hard, black substance formed from plants that lived about 300 million years ago
What is coal?
400
energy from inside earth
What is geothermal energy?
400
materials people can take from earth
What are natural resources?
400
pollution is caused by fossil fuels, and health problems due to pollution
What are causes to pollution?
400
smoke gases other by products
What do burning fossil fuels release?
400
electric to mechanical
What is the energy conversion for an electric fan?
500
the energy source for nuclear power plants
What is nuclear fuels
500
a resource that takes a long time to replace or cannot be replaced at all
What are nonrenewable resources?
500
making new products by reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away
What is recycling?
500
fossil fuels are nonrenewable
are fossil fuels renewable?
500
chemical to heat to mechanical
What is the conversion for a steam engine?
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