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Resources
Question | Answer |
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Natural resource | The parts of an environment that are useful or necessary for survival |
Renewable resource | Any natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature |
Nonrenewable Resource | Natural resources that are used up more quickly by nature |
Petroleum | Formed mostly from the remains of microscopic marine organisms buried in earths crust |
Fossil Fuel | Fuels formed in earths crust of hundreds of millions of years |
Hydro Electric Energy | Electricity that is produced when energy of falling water is used to turn on the turbines of an electric generator |
Nuclear Energy | Released when billions of radioactive elements are split apart in a nuclear fission reaction |
Geothermal Energy | Heat energy contained in earths crust |