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Chapter 18
Natural Resources
Question | Answer |
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Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes | Nonrenewable Resources |
Resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time | Renewable Resources |
Energy released from atomic reactions is called | Nuclear Energy |
A process in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetable | Reclamation |
Energy from the Sun | Solar Energy |
A group of Wind turbines that produce electricity is called | Wind Farm |
Electricity produced by flowing water is | Hydroelectric power. |
energy flows outward to Earth's surface. Thermal energy from Earth's interior is called | Geothermal Energy |
Energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol | Biomass Energy |
Deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for a profit | Ores |
The cutting of large areas of forests for human activities | Deforestation |
A brownish haze produced when nitrogen compounds and other pollutants in the air react in the presence of sunlight. | Photochemical Smog |
recipitation that has a pH less than 5.6. | Acid Precipitation |