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Fossil Fuels
Term | Definition |
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Natural Resource | Any natural material that is used by humans Such as water,petreoleum,minerals,forests,animals |
Non-Renewable Resource | A resource that is replaced much more slowly than the rate at with it is consumed |
Fossil Fuels | A non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of an organisms that lived millions of years ago |
Energy Resource | Natural resources that people use to produce energy, such as heat, electricity & transportation fuel |
Natural Gas | A fossil fuel that is a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons |
Petroleum | A fossil fuel that is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbon's; aka oil |
Coal | A solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of ancient swamp plants |
Acid Precipitation | Rain sleet, or snow that contains significant levels of acid produced by air pollutants |
Smog | A brown photochemical haze that forms in the atmosphere when sunlight reacts with air pollutants |
Renewable Resource | A natural resource that is replaced at the same rate it is being used |
Hydrocarbon | A compound that contains the elements carbon hydrogen & oxygen |