Vocab 1
Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans us.
Natural Resource
A naturally occuring solid can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
Mineral
A natural resource that replenish faster than they are consumed
Renewable Resource
These energy-rich substances are considered ___________ resources because they take millions of years to form and cannot be replaced within a human lifetime.
non-renewable
Select O if it describes oil, G if it describes groundwater, or B if it describes both oil and groundwater.
Nonrenewable resource.
energy-rich substance formed from the remains of organisms
Fossil Fuels
A mixture of water and another substance.
Solution
A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.
Non-Renewable Resource
The uneven distribution of these __________________ across Earth is primarily the result of past geological processes.
Fossil Fuels
Select O if it describes oil, G if it describes groundwater, or B if it describes both oil and groundwater.
Renewable resource
Groundwater
a forceful, damaging contact
Impact
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
Groundwater
Solar energy, wind enery, hydropower are types of _____ resources.
Renewable
Metal ores are a type of __________ that can be extracted and used by humans.
Mineral
Select O if it describes oil, G if it describes groundwater, or B if it describes both oil and groundwater.
formed from the remains of marine organisms.
Oil
The splittting of an atom's nuceus into two nuclei, which releases a great deal of energy.
Nuclear Fission
A naturally occuring mineral from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted.
Ore
Fossil Fuels (oil, coal, natural gases)
Nuclear Energy
Non-Renewable Resources
These ores are considered _______ because they are not replenished quickly, and their distribution is uneven across Earth.
Scarce
Select O if it describes oil, G if it describes groundwater, or B if it describes both oil and groundwater.
Unevenly distributed globally.
Both
To be insufficient or in short supply
Scarce
Having tiny holes or spaces through which liquid or gas may pass.
Porous
Minerals are
Non-Renewable
Fossil fuels like coal form from the remains of _________ that was/were buried and compressed over millions of years and are considered nonrenewable resources.
plants
The best design solution for groundwater extraction with minimal contamination would be to dig a deep well into ________ rock that is located within the High Plains Aquifer.
Porous