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Nonrenewable Energy
Term | Definition |
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Natural Resource | Any natural material that is used by humans, such as air, water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals |
Renewable Resource | A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed |
Nonrenewable Resource | A resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed |
Fossil Fuels | A nonrenewable resource formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago (coal, oil & natural gas |
Coal | A fossil fuel used to generate electricity, made from dead swamp plants |
Oil | A fossil fuel that will be refined into gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and can also be used to make plastic products |
Natural Gas | A fossil fuel that is most commonly used for heating and cooking |