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Formed when the remains of plants and animals are buried quickly
What are fossil fuels?
This uses heat from the earth to produce steam
What is geothermal energy?
Metals that are soft and shapeable
What are malleable metals?
Solid substances found naturally in the earth's surface
What are minerals?
Forms when sea water freezes
What is sea ice?
A mineral used in nuclear reactors
What is uranium?
This is a disadvantage of using wind and solar energy
What are the large areas of land requirement?
These resources cannot be replaced easily
What are nonrenewable resources?
Concentrated areas of specific minerals
What are veins?
A floating ice sheet
What is an ice shelf?
The three types of fossil fuel
This is a disadvantage of using windmills to provide wind energy
What is requiring steady wind?
A low-growing crop that lessens erosion in unused fields
What is ground cover?
A name for a field that is resting from crops.
What is a fallow field?
A layer of sand, gravel, or bedrock that holds and moves ground water.
What is an aquifer?
A factory that separates crude oil into different products
What is a refinery?
A name for all the materials that God provides for our use
What are natural resources?
This type of energy is produced as water flows from reservoirs and turns turbines
What is hydroelectric energy?
Best and clearest grade of coal
What is anthracite coal?
All of earth's water
What is the hydrosphere?
A method used by farmers to help keep water from washing soil away
The three things we can do to help conserve natural resources
What are reducing, reusing, and recycling?
A process used to separate metal in the ore from other materials
What is smelting?
When a lot of water is drawn from an aquifer well during the day, causing the water level to fall
What is drawdown?
Water stored beneath the surface of the earth
What is ground water?