Natural Resources Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Fossil Fuel | Nonrenewable energy resources that formed in Earth's crust over millions of years.Include nonrenewable resources such as, coal, oil,and natural gases. |
Geothermal Energy | Heat energy within Earth's crust; available only where natural geysers or volcanoes are located. |
Hydroelectric Power | Electricity produced by the turning of blades of a generator turbine that is powered by falling water. |
Natural Resources | Natural materials and supplies that are part of Earth's environment that meet living organisms' needs. |
Nonrenewable Resources | Natural resources that are used up more quickly than they can be replaced by natural processes. |
Nuclear Energy | Energy produced from the splitting apart of billions of uranium nuclei by a nuclear fission reaction. |
Petroleum | Nonrenewable resource formed of millions of years by microscopic organisms buried in Earth's crust. |
Renewable Resource | Natural resource that are constantly being recycled or replaced by nature. |
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