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Keenan - Unit 4 - S8
Vocabulary Science 8: Energy: Conservation and Transfer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renewable Resources | Natural resources that can be replaced by nature |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Natural resources that can not be replaced by nature |
| Energy | The capacity to provide usable power |
| Natural Resources | Resources used by humans; fossil fuels, water, minerals, and Food Sources |
| Conservation | The wise use and protection of natural resources |
| Reduce | cutting back on the amount of resources we use |
| Reuse | using a resource again without changing it or reprocessing it |
| Recycle | reprocessing a resource so that the materials can be used again as another item |
| Law of Conservation of Energy | energy can neither be created or destroyed |