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Fossil Fuels
Alternate Energy Sources
100
Naturally occuring and cannot be made again in a short time period.
What is Mineral resources
100
Takes millions of years to form and accumulate.
What is non-renewable resource
100
Uses= phosphorus fertilizers Geological occurrences= sedimentary deposits
What is Apatite
100
usually mixtures of clay and sand combined with water and varying amounts of black thick tar called bitumen
What is tar sands
100
fuel free and non polluting
What is solar energy
200
Examples. (trees/cotton) renewable
What is Non-mineral resources
200
energy from oceans
What is tidal power
200
is the careful use of resources
What is conservation
200
is a rock that contains a waxy mixture of hydrocarbons called kerogen
What is oil shale
200
comes from radio active material
What is nuclear energy
300
useful metallic mineral that can be mined for profit
What is Ore
300
pollution that comes from a known location
What is point source pollution
300
is partly decomposed organic material that is used as a fertilizer
What is compost
300
forms from the remains of plants and animals that were burried in ancient seas
What is petroleum and natural gas
300
comes naturally occuring almost everyday
What is wind energy
400
produces important deposits of metallic minerals such as gold, silver, copper, mercury, led, platinum, and nickel
What is igneous processes
400
pollution that does not have a known source
What is nonpoint source pollution
400
is the collecting and processing of used items so they can be made into new products
What is recycling
400
is any hydrocarbon that may be used as a source of energy
What is a fossil fuel
400
comes from moving water
What is hydroelectric energy
500
forms from hot, metal-rich fluids that are left during the late stages of the movement and cooling of magma
What is hydrothermal solutions
500
altered the carbon cycle and contributed to the unatural warming of the lower atmosphere
What is global warming
500
are the two categories of resources
What is renewable and non renewable
500
forms when heat and pressure transform plant material over millions of years and passes through 4 stages of development.
What is coal
500
harnessed by tapping natural underground reservoirs of steam and hot water
What is geothermal energy