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Ecology Vocab
6th Grade Natural Resources & Conservation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| natural resources | any natural material that is used by humans (such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, animals & soil) |
| renewable resource | a natural resource that is replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed |
| nonrenewable resource | a resource that forms much more slowly than the rate at which the resource is consumed |
| fossil fuel | a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago |
| energy resource | natural resources that people use to produce energy, such as heat, electricity & transportation fuel |
| hydrocarbon | a compound that contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen |
| natural gas | a fossil fuel that is a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons |
| petroleum | a fossil fuel that is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons; 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 acids produced by air pollutants |
| smog | a brownish photochemical haze that forms in the atmosphere when sunlight reacts with air pollutants |