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Energy
EnergyMr.Lewis RMS study vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural resources | Any natural material that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals. |
| Nonrenewable resources | A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which the resource is consumed. |
| Renewable resource | A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed. |
| Coal | A fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plant material. |
| Natural gas | A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of earth,often near petroleum deposits;used as a fuel. |
| Petroleum | A liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds;used widely as a fuel source. |
| Fossil fuel | A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago;examples include oil,coal,and natural gas. |
| Biomass energy | Plant material,manure,or any other organic matter that is used as an energy source. |
| Hydroelectric energy | Electrical energy produced by the flow of water. |
| Geothermal energy | The energy produced by heat within earth. |
| Nuclear energy | The energy released by a fission or fusion reaction;the binding energy of the atomic nucleus. |
| Solar energy | The energy received by earth from the sun in the form of radiation. |
| Wind energy | The use of a windmill to drive an electric generator. |
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