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Vocab 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renewable resource | Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time. (Soil, sun, crops, people, plants, trees, air, animals, and water. |
| Non-renewable resource resource | Resources that cannot be replaced quickly. It takes millions of years. (Coal, oil, natural gas, silver, gold, diamonds, aluminum, and gems.) |
| Fossil fuels | These are formed from the remains of prehistoric animals and plants that were buried in layers of rock and subjected to large amount of heat and pressure |
| Satellite | An object that orbit the Earth. It is technology that allows for the detection of illegal logging, mining, and mining exploration, optimizing, and protecting ecosystems on a large scale. |
| Drone | An aerial vehicle that is controlled remotely and is used for a rapid high resolution, aerial mapping, environmental monitoring and data collection. They are employed for conservation specialist for things like tracking wildlife, monitoring Forest Hills |
| Sensor | A device of tax response to inputs from the physical environment, like light, heat, motion, or pressure, converting them into a miserable signals. They can be used to monitor soil water and air quality. |
| Geographic information system | Powerful computer framework that captures manages analyzes and visualize geographically referenced data. It is used to analyze and monitor ecosystems, allowing managers to track, environmental changes, simulate, future scenarios, |
| Solar panels | Devices that convert sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor materials |
| Wind turbine | Devices that convert the kinetic energy of wind into electricity using large aerodynamic blades to power a generator |
| Hydroelectric dam | Structures built across rivers to stormwater and reservoirs, using the force of gravity, fed falling water to turn turbines and dry generators, producing renewable, clean electricity |