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ES Resources
Natural and Energy Resources
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deforestation | Cutting down forest |
| Renewable Resource | Resource that can be replenished in a short period of time |
| Non-rtenewable | Resource that cannot be replenished at all or it takes a long time to restore |
| Fossil fuel | Fuel made from decaying plant and marine matter such as oil gas and petroleum |
| Urbanization | The process of increasing the population within a city/city suburb |
| Production | To make more of |
| Consumption | To use |
| Forestry | The science of using, managing forests |
| ore | A natural occurring mineral that can be mined for a profit |
| Solar energy | Renewable energy produced from the sun. |
| Hydroelectric energy | Electric energy produced from moving water |
| Reclamation | The process of returning the environment where one has mined back to its' original state. |
| Uranium | Non renewable radioactive metal used for nuclear power |
| Fission | The process that splits atoms of uranium to create energy for nuclear power |
| Drilling | A method of obtaining energy like gas, petroleum, and oil by drilling underground |
| Harvesting | A method of obtaining energy from Earth's Surface...such as harvesting wood |