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Ch4 Earth's Resource
Prentice Hall Earth Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renewable Resource | Can be replenished over a fairly short time such as months, years, or decades. |
| Nonrenewable Resource | Take millions of years to form. |
| Fossil Fuels | Include coal,oil and natural gas. |
| Ore | Is a useful metallic material that can be used for profit. |
| Hydroelectric Power | The water held in a reservior behind a dam is a form of stored energy that can be released through the dam to produce electric power |
| Geothermal Energy | Hot water used directly for heating and for turbines to produce electirc power |
| Point Source Pollution | Is a pollution that comes from a known or specific location |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution | Is a pollution that does not have a specific point of origin |
| Runoff | Water that flows over land and often carries nonpoint soure pollution |
| Global Warming | The increase of carbon and the natural warming of the atmoshpere |
| How is the energy stored from wind turbines? | The energy can be stored in batteries or can work through a system and turn it into gas. |
| What are the main risks of mining? | Tunnel collapse, subsidence, harmful consentrations of toxic compounds into the air or water. |
| What types of mining are there? | There is open pit mining, uderground mining, ISL mining and, Brine mining. |
| What type of mining is best for the enviornment? | ISL is best for the enviornment because it lets out less pollution. |
| Pollution | The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. |
| What are the advantages and draw backs of wind energy? | The advantages of wind energy is free fuel, but a draw back would be harming nature and it is very expensive. |
| Conservation | The careful use of resources |
| Compost | Is partially decomposed organic material used as fertilizer |
| Recycling | Is the collecting and processing of items so they can be reused. |
| What is antipollution? | Designed to prevent or reduce environmental pollution. |
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