Energy resources
Oil and natural gas primarily form from the remains of
plankton/ Microscopic marine organisms
A type of renewable energy using the height of the water in a reservoir.
hydroelectric or hydropower
term used to describe the dead remains of plants and animals (like coal, oil, natural gas) that humans use to power many items causing pollution
fossil fuels
Give a greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, water vapor, CFC, sulfur dioxide
The process of extracting minerals and other materials from under the Earth's surface
What is mining
This device produces electrical energy from the mechanical energy converted by a turbine.
generator
This uses the force of moving air or wind to drive an electrical generator to produce electricity.
wind energy
Advantage of nonrenewable resources
less cost, produces a lot of energy, and very reliable energy resource
The sunlight warms the floors and walls, and that heat is slowly released into the room. What type of solar heating is the example?
passive
Which environmental condition is MOST important for the initial formation of coal?
low oxygen swamps
A natural resource that is used much faster than it can be replaced is known as...
nonrenewable resource
The energy received by Earth from the sun in forms of radiation
solar energy
What is 1 disadvantage of using nonrenewable energy sources?
What is causes pollution (increased CO2) and habitat destruction
It uses solar panels on the roof to absorb sunlight, then pumps move the heated water through pipes into a storage tank to be used for showers or heating. What type of solar heating is it?
active
What geological factors mainly drive the transformation from peat to anthracite?
temperature and pressure
The type of renewable energy use of wood, plant matter, trash, crops, sewage, manure to produce electricity
biomass or biofuel
organic matter from plants and from animal waste that contains chemical energy
What is biomass
the type of nonrenewable energy resource that uses radioactive atoms and splits into 2 or more fragments to produce energy
nuclear energy
the increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
what is global warming
Why does coal formation take millions of years?
Burial/decomposition, compaction, and heating occur gradually
A natural resource that can be replaced as quickly as it's used
What is renewable source
Energy produced by heat from earth's interior
What is geothermal energy
What are the 4 main types of nonrenewable energy resources?
What is coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear
Which part of a nuclear power plant contains the nuclear fuel where fission occurs?
reactor chamber
The excessive amounts of greenhouse gases from agriculture and burning fuels that causes health risks and comes in many forms (air, water, land)
pollution