Lake Park - AP Human Geography - Chapter 14 Vocabulary
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| Active Solar Energy Systems | Solar energy system that collects energy through the use of mechanical devices like photovoltaic cells or flat-plate collectors
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| Animate Power | Power supplied by people or animals
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| Biodiversity | The number of species in a specific habitat
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| Biomass Fuel | Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste
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| Conservation | The sustainable use and management of a natural resource, through consuming it at a less rapid pace than it can be replaced
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| Ferrous | Metals, including iron ore, that are utilized in the production of iron and steel
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| Fossil Fuel | Energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago
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| Geothermal Energy | Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks
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| Greenhouse Effect | Anticipated increase in Earth’s temperature, caused by carbon dioxide(emitted by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface
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| Hydroelectric Power | Power generated by moving water
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| Inanimate Power | Power supplied by machines
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| Non-Ferrous | Metals utilized to make other products than iron and steel
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| Non-Renewable Energy | A source of energy that is a finite supply capable of being exhausted
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| Pollution | Addition of more waste than a resource can accommodate
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| Potential Reserve | The amount of energy in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist
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| Preservation | Maintenance of a resource in its present condition, with as little human impact as possible
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| Proven Reserve | The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits
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| Renewable Energy | A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans
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| Resource | A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially accepted to use
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| Sustainable Development | The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources to the extent that future generations will be unable to achieve a comparable level of development
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