Nonrenewable Resources
Anything that occurs naturally in the environment that people use.
What is a Natural Resource?
These are resources that we cannot run out of.
What are renewable resources?
A solid substance that is non-living and made from a certain combination of elements.
What is a mineral?
This kind of water is the most bountiful on Earth.
What is saltwater?
These are two reasons why a resource would be considered nonrenewable
1. There is a finite supply on Earth
2. The resource takes so long to replenish that it's considered nonrenewable
This is a type of renewable energy that can be passive, like in a greenhouse, or active, where it is collected and converted to electrical energy.
What is Solar Energy?
A mineral deposit that is large and valuable enough to be extracted from the ground.
What is ore?
This is how the majority of Earth's fresh water is stored.
What is ice in ice caps and permafrost?
These are the energy-rich reserves made from the preserved remains of organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
This is a form of renewable energy that has some drawbacks, including disruption of natural habitats and animal migration patterns.
What is hydroelectric power?
This is the process through which mineral deposits are extracted from the Earth.
What is mining?
This is the kind of body of water where most of Earth's fresh surface water is found.
What are lakes?
This is a fossil fuel that releases less greenhouse gas than oil and coal when burned, but is still a nonrenewable resource that contributes to climate change.
What is natural gas?
This source of renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy resource in the world.
What is wind power?
There are several reasons why some mineral distribution on Earth is uneven. Name one reason why this is.
Acceptable answers:
1. Some minerals only form from the intense heat and pressure found near volcanoes in tectonic subduction zones
2. Some minerals form from evaporated seawater from ancient bodies of water that no longer exist
This is what forms when gravity causes water from precipitation from runoff to seep into the ground and fill the empty spaces between porous rocks
What is groundwater?
This nonrenewable energy resource utilizes Uranium to convert thermal energy to electrical energy.
What is nuclear energy?
Aside from hydroelectric power, this type of renewable energy is the only kind that doesn't derive its energy from the sun.
What is geothermal energy?
These are the 3 ways mineral deposits can form.
What are: from organic materials - from volcanic deposits - from solutions that crystallize
This is the name for a large volume of water is stored in porous underground rocks.
What is an aquifer?