Natural Resources
Materials that exist in nature that have material economic value
What is natural resources?
Canada's rank in the production of minerals relative to other countries
What is 3rd?
A non-metallic mineral that was used to protect against fire and heat in Quebec
How fossil fuels are harnessed
What is burning?
Type of resource alternative energy is
What is renewable?
Resource that replaces itself unless badly mismanaged
What is renewable resources
Canada's rank in exporting minerals relative to other countries
What is 1st?
An example of a type of mine
What is open pit, strip, or underground?
Three types of fossil fuels
What is coal, crude oil/petroleum, and natural gas?
Cons to alternative energy sources
What is
Technology isn’t yet fully developed
It may be more expensive in the short term than fossil fuels
Define non-renewable resources
What is once they are removed from the Earth, they will not be replaced in our lifetimes
Define mineral
What is a naturally occurring, pure, non-living substance found in the rocks of the Earth?
Type of resource that fossil fuels are
What is non-renewable?
Percentage of energy in Canada that comes from fossil fuels
What is 41.4%?
Two examples of alternative energy
What is wind power, geothermal power, hydroelectric power, solar power, nuclear power, and/or biofuel?
Use of renewable resources at a rate that allows the resource to renew itself
What is sustain yield management
Another name for metallic minerals and what they are mined for
What is precious metals and for their strength and other unique properties?
A system that is used to collect data to analyze for finding mineral deposits
The issue with fossil fuels
What is the combustion of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas. It traps heat in the atmosphere which causes global warming and climate change?
How turbines work
What is
1.Something (wind, water) moves to make a turbine move.
2.The turbine spins and interacts with magnets to produce electricity which travels to homes and businesses.
Three aspects that sustainable development considers
What is health of the environment, health of the economy, and health of society?
Another name for non-metallic minerals
Definition of a magnetometer
What is a machine used to check magnetic fields produced by the minerals?
How fossil fuels are formed
What is
1. A plant or animal die and gets buried by dirt and rock
2. It decays over hundreds of millions of years. As it decays, it turns into coal, petroleum, or natural gas
3. People drill into the rock layers and take out the fossil fuel to be used
Pros to alternative energy
What is
Does not produce carbon dioxide, therefore it does not contribute to global climate change and acid rain
It is renewable