Key vocabulary to support teaching of natural resources
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| Electricity | A form of energy that provides power to devices.
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| Energy | The power to do work such as electrical, mechanical, chemical, thermal or nuclear.
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| Fossil Fuels | Carbon fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas that cannot be remade because it will take tens of millions of years for them to form again.
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| Fracking | Process of drilling down into the earth and injecting fluid into cracks at high pressure in order to release oil and gas.
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| Minerals | A naturally occurring material found in the earth.
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| Mining | Getting coal and other minerals from the earth.
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| Non-renewable | Sources of energy that can run out.
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| Oil | A liquid formed by the natural resources burned to create energy and make plastics.
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| Oil Rigs | A large structure with equipment for removing oil from under the land or sea.
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| Pollution | The contamination of air, water or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms.
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| Renewable | Sources of energy that cannot run out.
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| Resource | Something that people can make use of.
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| Solar | Relating to the sun.
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| Turbines | A device used to generate energy as water or wind causes the bladed rotor to move around.
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| Wind | The movement of air.
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