Renewable Resources
True or False: Geothermal Energy is an example of a renewable resource
True
The nonrenewable resource in a liquid state
petroleum/oil
The earth system that contains all living things on earth
biosphere
What are the two types of natural resources
renewable and nonrenewable
What are types of weather conditions
windy, rainy, sunny etc...
The type of equipment used in wind energy to generate electricity
Wind turbine
The number of times in a human's lifetime that nonrenewable resources can be replenished
0
The cryosphere is
all of the frozen water on earth's surface
What are natural resources
the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and location
A type of renewable energy that uses a dam and turbines to generate electricity
Hydroelectric energy
The primary component of natural gas
Methane
What is the first layer of the pedosphere
The O horizon, full of organic materials
Why do we need to protect our natural resources
To maintain the resources for future generations, to maintain the environment for the current generation
The difference between weather and climate is
weather is the state of the atmosphere for a specific time and location, climate is the average of the weather in a specific area for 30 years
Biofuel comes from what type of crops?
High energy crops (ex. corn, soybeans, cottonseed)
The process that is used to extract oil from underneath shalestone.
Fracking
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
troposphere
Which natural resource has to be mined from the earth?
Metal ores/ coal
The two earth systems that interact to form weather
hydrosphere and atmosphere
What type of renewable resource relies heavily on the element silicon for energy production?
Solar energy
The two types of mining that are used for coal extraction
surface mining and underground mining
The layer of the atmosphere where shooting stars occur
mesosphere
What is an example of something that is not a natural resource
Everything on earth comes from a natural resource
How do we predict weather
weather radar, weather balloons, reading weather maps, meteorologists etc...