Nonrenewable
Fuels such as, coal, oil, and natural gas that form from the remains of plants and other organisms
What are Fossil Fuels?
What is solar energy?
What is a Mineral Resource?
Any mineral resources not used as fuels or as sources of metals
What are nonmetallic resources?
Alternate source of energy from atomic reactions
What is nuclear energy?
Rock that contains at least 50% plant remains
What is coal?
When a large amount of wind mills are placed in one area
Minerals that can be mined as a Profit
Is a source of silica
What is sandstone?
The splitting of heavy elements to produce energy
Releases large amounts of smoke because it has a high concentration of water and impurities
What is Peat?
What is Geothermal Energy?
Waste rock that must be removed before a mineral can be used
What is gangue?
Is a product derived from halite
Fired into fuel rods inside of a nuclear reactor
What are Neutrons?
Are stable molecules found hundreds of meters below sea level in ocean floor sediment
What are Methane Hydrates?
What is Biomass Energy?
What is Aluminum?
Mineral that forms when seawater evaporates
What is Gypsum?
What is the Sun?
What are Synthetic Fuels?
What is the U.S.?
Comes from the mineral chalcopyrite
What is Copper?
Small particles glued onto a sheet of heavy paper
What is abrasive sandpaper?
Could be considered a alternative energy resource
What is nuclear energy?