Non renewable
what two things are not a permeant label when talking about resources.
renewable and nonrenewable
When a mineral deposit is large enough and valuable enough for it to be extracted from the ground.
ore
What does desalination mean?
desalination.
What mechanical part is often turned by steam or kinetic energy to generate electrical energy?
turbine
This energy resource is similar to fossil fuels but doesn't take millions of years to process or develop.
biomass (both involve processing organic material)
What do climate and elevation have to do with resources?
minerals will be very different
What % of our freshwater is groundwater?
20%
This means water and other liquid materials can easily flow through it. We have a rock layer of it.
permeable
What is a similar disadvantage both wind and water have?
They both negatively affect the ecosystem
what does crystalizing mean?
What materials that have dissolved in water start to solidify and combine to form new materials
The figure on pg. 295 describes what
the process of organisms turning into oil and natural gas.
Give me 3 advantages to fossil fuels
provide lots of thermal energy, easy to transport, can be easily used to generate electricity
What's the problem with rare metal mining?
has severely damaged many ecosystems, especially with the increase of complex technology that demand rare metals.
what two things are 1% of all accessible surface water in?
rivers and living organisms