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Vocabulary
Fossil Fuels
Alternatives to fossil fuels
Energy
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What type of trees were in the Lorax movie?

Truffula

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The efficient use of resources is called ______________.
Conservation
100

___________ energy is created by burning things like trash, corn, manure, wood.

Biomass

100
Name three forms of energy.
Electric energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, solar energy, thermal energy, mechanical energy, and nuclear energy
100
What does geothermal energy mean?
The Earth's heat or thermal energy from the Earth's interior
200
Energy from the sun is called.
Solar energy
200
This means a material found in nature that people use, such as soil, air, water, and fossil fuels.
Natural resources
200
A resource, such as the Sun, wind, and moving water, that can be used day after day without running out.
Renewable resources
200

The wise use of our natural resources?

Conservation.

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Why is uranium not like most metals?
Because it is radioactive.
300
Energy resources formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived more than 100 million years ago.
fossil fuels
300
What is the fossil fuel, natural gas used for?
Heating homes or cooking
300

This means electric energy generated from moving water.

Hydroelectric energy

300

Conservation or Preservation?

Loggers cut down trees to make paper, but only a certain amount and must replant trees in their place.

What is conservation?

300

Protecting our natural resources and keeping them as close to their original state.

Preservation

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A resource that cannot be replaced quickly or easily, such as fossil fuels.
Nonrenewable resources
400

What type of mining did we talk about that is happening in West Virginia- we looked at satellite views?   

Mountain Top Mining

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Name three examples of renewable energy sources.
Biomass, windmill, geothermal, solar heating, hydroelectric energy, nuclear fission?
400

What is 44% of petroleum used to make?

Petroleum use in 2020:

  • 44%  - ?

  • 21% heating oil, diesel fuel

  • 6% jet fuel 

  • Other 29% petroleum products 

Gasoline

400
How does burning fossil fuels harm the environment?
Burning fossil fuels pollute the environment, cars and factories cause air pollution, burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide gases into the air that can cause global temperatures to rise slowly.
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The process where the nuclei of uranium or other similar elements are split apart, releasing vast amounts of energy.
Nuclear fission
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Why aren't fossil fuels not the best choice for meeting energy needs?
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources, people use fossil fuels faster than nature can replace them, or burning fossil fuels pollutes the environment
500

Wind and water spin a _____________  attached to a generator to produce electric energy.

Turbines

500
How can renewable energy resources be used to make electricity?
Like nonrenewable resources, renewable resources turn turbines that cause generators to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy.
500
Name three examples of nonrenewable resources
Natural gas, petroleum, oil, gasoline, and coal?