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Definition
| Any hydrocarbon that may be used as energy. |
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Term
| What are the 4 stages of the making of coal (Carbonization) |
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Definition
| Peat, Lignite, Bitiminous coal, Coal |
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Term
| Formation of Petroleoum and Natural Gas |
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Definition
Forms when plants and animals were buried in ancient seas. remains are protected by oxidation and decay by many ocean sediment layers Remains
transform
into
liquids
and
gases
and
are
squeezed
from
the
sedimentary
layers
into
permeable
rocks
(sandstone)
d.
Needs
to
be
trapped
by
impermeable
layer,
otherwise
it
can
move
all
the
way
to
the
surface |
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Term
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Definition
| Mixture of clay and sand combined with water and thick tar called bitumen. |
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Term
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Definition
| rock that contains waxy mixture called hydrocarbon. not cost efficient |
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Term
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Definition
| rock that has useful metallic mineral that can be mined for a profit |
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Term
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Definition
| large body of magma cools and heavy minerals crystallize first and settle at the bottom of the chamber |
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Term
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Definition
| Last stage of magma cooling leaves hot water. water seeps into cracks and moves away from hot rock. as water cools minerals ions are attracted to one another and deposit in cracks called veins. |
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Term
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Definition
| When natural sorting of erosion material occurs (Like panning for gold) |
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Term
| Nonmetallic Minerall resources |
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Definition
| needed for pyhysical and chemical properties. Used as building materials and Industrial materials. |
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Term
| Solar Energy(Advantages and Disadvantages) |
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Definition
A:clean, free, non polluting.
D:Equipment is expensive(photovoltaic) |
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Term
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Definition
| panels used for solar energy |
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Term
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Definition
A:high energy output
D:High cost. hard to dispose of waste. danger of accident.
Comes from nuclear fission |
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Term
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Definition
A:free energy, non polluting, lots of wind
D:Cost, and service, wind pollution, finding land without inhabitants |
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Term
| Hydroelectric Power (A+D) |
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Definition
flowing water turns turbines to creat power
A:water is stored to be used anytime, not polluting air
D:dam has definate life span. Cost to dredge and environmental effect downstream |
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Term
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Definition
using natural underground reserviors of hot steam and water
A:No environmental pollution
D:Steam will run out, have to keep drilling |
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Term
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Definition
construct dam in a bay, allow water through high tide, when tide changes water flows through turbines.
A: non polluting
D: availability of water. only few tides a day |
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Term
| What are the two types of water pollution? |
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Definition
| Point and Non Point pollution |
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Term
| what causes Global Warming? |
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Definition
| caused by increase of co2 |
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Term
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Definition
| breaks down ozone layer by joining with O2 |
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Term
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Definition
| irrigation makes land farmable but uses up groun water which increases salinity in soil |
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Term
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Definition
| Tears down vegetaion and increases soil erosion |
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Term
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Definition
| Cutting down trees for building material. destroys habitat. replanting forest decreases diversity (bad for forest) |
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Term
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Definition
| landfills can contaminate ground water |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| stop pollution from getting in the environment |
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Term
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Definition
| protecting americas water |
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Term
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Definition
| restricted amount and type of pollution power plants and cars can release |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| only cutting some trees for logging and leaving the rest |
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Term
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Definition
| preventing solutions and managing land resources |
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Term
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Definition
| using less pesticides and more compost |
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