Natural Resources
What is a natural resource?
These fuels burn hotter than wood.
What are fossil fuels?
This type of energy uses sunlight and is renewable.
What is solar energy?
This type of water makes up most of Earth's water.
What is saltwater?
These resources cannot run out and are replaced by nature.
Give one example of a natural resource.
What is wood, sun, coal, wind...
Burning fossil fuels releases this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
This energy source uses moving water to turn turbines.
What is hydroelectric energy?
This type of water includes lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
What is freshwater?
These resources are finite and cannot be replaced.
What are nonrenewable resources.
These resources cannot be replaced and take a long time to form.
What are nonrenewable resources?
Fossil fuels are used faster than they are ____.
What is replaced?
Dams are built for this type of energy but disrupt fish migration.
What is hydroelectric energy?
What is crystallized?
What is to create energy?
These resources are replaced by nature.
What are renewable resources?
This type of resource provides strong energy and burns hotter than wood.
What is a nonrenewable resource (fossil fuel)?
This energy comes from heat below Erath's surface.
What is geothermal energy?
Minerals are unevenly _____ on Earth.
What is distributed?
Renewable resources are replaced _____ while nonrenewable resources are not.
What is quickly?
What is sun, wind, wood...
Fossil fuels form from the remains of these.
What are organisms?
Name one drawback of renewable energy.
What is it is not always available or they are inconsistent?
EX: (sunlight/wind)?
Ore is defined as this type of mineral deposit.
What is large and/or valuable?
What do nonrenewable resources release into the atmoshere?
What is Carbon Dioxide?