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Earth sc energy
Earth Science renewable energies
Term | Definition |
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Renewable | able to be renewed |
Geothermal | of or relating to the internal heat of the earth |
Fuel | combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power |
Nonrenewable | not able to be restored, replaced, recommenced, |
Fossil fuels | any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life |
Conservation | the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation |
Pollution | the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment |
Pollutants | something that pollutes |
Air pollution | |
Water pollution | |
Contour plowing | |
Windbreaks | a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind |
Conservation plowing | |
Crop rotation | |
Fallow | of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated |
solar | proceeding from the sun, as light or heat. |
wind | air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface |
water | |
biomass |