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Energy resources
renewable energy resources
nonrenewable energy resources
vocabulary
Human activities
100
Any natural material that is used by people
What is natural resources
100

What are 2 renewable energy examples?

What is solar, wind, water, geothermal, and biomass

100

term used to describe the dead remains of plants and animals (like coal, oil, natural gas) that humans use to power many items causing pollution

fossil fuels

100

What are 2 examples of greenhouse gases?

What is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, water vapor, CFC, sulfur dioxide 

100

The process of extracting minerals and other materials from under the Earth's surface  

What is strip mining

200

the process of using a turbine generator to convert  mechanical energy to electrical energy.

what is how electricity generated 

200

This uses the force of moving water to drive an electrical generator to provide energy for electricity

What is water energy (hydroelectric power)

200

Advantage of nonrenewable resources

less cost, produces a lot of energy, and very reliable energy resource

200

What is the greenhouse effect?

what is natural trapping of heat on Earth caused by greenhouse gases

200

term used to describe what occurs when a nuclear reactors core over heats due to  a cooling system failure

What is a meltdown?

300
A natural resource that is used much faster than it can be replaced is known as...
What is nonrenewable resource
300
The energy received by Earth from the sun in forms of radiation 
What is solar energy
300

What is 1 disadvantage of using nonrenewable energy sources?

What is causes pollution (increased CO2) and habitat destruction

300

What is a generator?

what is the device that is used to convert energy from one form to another, especially mechanical into electrical

300

This is the energy stored in the bonds of molecules

What is chemical energy?

400

The type of renewable energy use of wood, plant matter, trash, crops, sewage, manure to produce electricity

What is biomass or biofuel

400
organic matter from plants and from animal waste that contains chemical energy
What is biomass
400

the type of nonrenewable energy resource that uses radioactive atoms and splits into 2 or more fragments to produce energy

What is nuclear energy

400

the increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) 

what is global warming

400

this energy relies on the gravitational force of the moon

What is tidal energy?

500
A natural resource that can be replaced as quickly as it's used
What is renewable source
500
Energy produced by heat from earth's interior
What is geothermal energy
500

What are the 4 main types of nonrenewable energy resources?

What is coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear


500

What is sustainable development or sustainability?

What is the ability to conserve or maintain the amount of natural resources so that future generations have some to use

500

The excessive amounts of greenhouse gases from agriculture and burning fuels that causes health risks and comes in many forms (air, water, land) 


What is pollution