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Unit 5
Nonrenewable Energy Resources Notes
Term | Definition |
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energy resource | a natural resource that humans use to generate energy and can be renewable and nonrenewable. |
Renewable resources | natural resources that are replaced by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used. |
Nonrenewable resources | natural resources that are used up faster than they can be replaced. |
fossil fuel | a nonrenewable energy resource that forms from the remains of organisms that lived long ago. |
nuclear energy | The energy released when the nuclei of atoms are split or combined. |
Petroleum or crude oil | a liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds. |
Natural gas | a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons. |
Coal | a solid fossil fuel used to generate electricity. |
permeable rock | a rock with pores, or small holes. |
Nuclear fission | when the nuclei of radioactive atoms are split into two or more fragments. |