Vocabulary
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100
using only what you need as efficiently as possible.
What is conservation?
100
a layer of soil made mostly of small rocks.
What is subsoil?
100
Why is petroleum a nonrenewable resource?
It is used faster than it can be replaced.
100
A mieral-rich rock deposit that can be removed from the Earth is called.....
What is ore?
100
All the energy that is stored in fossil fuels can be traced to ......
What is the sun?
200
fuels including coal, petroleum, and natural gas that are made from fossils, or the remains of living things that died millions of years ago.
What is fossil fuels?
200
True of False Soil covers most of Earth's land surface?
What is true.
200
True/False The energy in coal can be traced to the Sun.
What is True.
200
A nonrenewable resource also known as oil.
What is petroleum?
200
Coal that has formed over millions of years can be traced back to organisms living in.....
What is swamps?
300
a dark brown part of soil that is made up of decomposed plants and animals.
What is humus?
300
Why is sandy soild not the best soil for growing plants?
WAter runs through the sandy soil.
300
What is conservation of resources?
efficiently using only what you need.
300
to save, collect or use materials again instead of treating them as waste is known as....
What is recycling?
300
Name at least 3 items that can be recycled.
What is glass, cardboard, newspaper, paper, aluminum, tin, steel, and some plastics.
400
the energy transformed from sunlight.
What is solar energy?
400
Why is solar energy renewable?
Solar energy won't run out.
400
True/False Glass cannot be recycled.
What is false?
400
what subsoil is mostly made up of.
What is small rocks?
400
Name 2 ways to conserve energy.
What is turning off lights when not in use, shut off taps instead of letting the water run.
500
electric cells that convert the Sun's energy into electricity.
What is solar cells?
500
How do solar cells support the need for energy?
They change solar energy to electricity.
500
True/False Products from wood can only be recycled once.
What is False.
500
The smallest particles of sediments are found in....
What is clay?
500
What are 3 examples of fossil fuels?
What is coal, natural gas and oil.
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