Lesson 1:
Nonrenewable Energy Resources
Nonrenewable Energy Resources
A resource that cannot be replaced.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A resource that we cannot run out of because it is replaced by nature or with a little help from humans.
What is a renewable resource?
A solid substance that is non-living and made from a particular combination of elements.
What is a mineral?
What is salt water?
20% of the electricity in the United States.
What is Nuclear Energy?
Energy-rich substances made from preserved remains of organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
Radiant energy emitted by the sun.
What is solar energy?
A mineral deposit that is large enough and valuable enough to be extracted from the ground.
What is ore?
Freshwater found on top of Earth's land surface.
What is surface water?
The spitting of an atom's nucleus into two nuclei.
What is nuclear fission?
A nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of plants that died long ago in and around swampy areas.
What is coal?
A resource used to convert energy from flowing water into electricity.
What is a hydroelectric resource?
Material that was once living and leaves behind minerals once dead.
What is organic material?
Water that forms when gravity causes water from precipitation and runoff to seep into the ground and fill the empty spaces between rock layers.
What is groundwater?
The fuel used for nuclear fission inside nuclear reactors.
What is uranium?
A nonrenewable resource also known as petroleum.
What is oil?
Heat that originates deep below Earth's surface.
What is geothermal energy?
Water that contains dissolved substances that may crystallize to form a new mineral.
What is a solution?
The process of removing salt and minerals from saltwater to make freshwater.
What is desalination?
Coal, oil/petroleum, and natural gas.
What are examples of fossil fuels?
A negative consequence of burning fossil fuels.
What is pollution?
A plant-based material that is burned to produce light and heat.
What is a bioenergy resource?
The molten and semi-molten rock mixture found beneath the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
A result of past and current geologic processes such as the water cycle, plate tectonics, and the formation of rock.
What is the distribution of water resources?
Biomass such as wood, grasses, coconut husks, and other plant-based materials that have been burned to produce light and heat.
What are bioenergy resources?