Week 10 Vocabulary for Environmental Science
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Natural resources | natural materials that humans use for some purpose, whether it be to supply a need or just to satisfy a want; can be renewable or nonrenewable
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| Renewable resources | can be replaced by nature at a faster rate than humans can use or consume them
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| Nonrenewable resources | cannot be replaced by nature at a faster rate than humans can use or consume them
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| Industrial Revolution | a rapid, major change in economy marked by the development and use of power-driven machinery
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| fossil fuels | nonrenewable resources, including coal, crude oil, and natural gas; made from the ancient remains of plants and marine organisms
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| crude oil | fossil fuel made from ancient marine organisms, also known as petroleum; naturally liquid in form, refined and used in manufacturing, and to create products such as gasoline, automobile oil, crayons, wax, etc.
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| natural gas | fossil fuel made from ancient marine organisms, naturally found as a flammable gas, used for heating
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| coal | solid fossil fuel made from ancient plants, used mostly to fuel electrical power plants
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| uranium | nonrenewable fuel source for nuclear power (NOT a fossil fuel)
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