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| Non-Renewable Resources are |
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| Resources that cannot be replaced by nature |
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| Examples of Non-Renewable Resources |
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- Minerals
- Fossil Fuels
- Nuclear Energy (u-235)
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| Resources that can be replaced by nature |
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| Examples of Renewable Resources |
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- Plants
- Water
- Air
- Sunlight
- Alternative Energy Sources
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| Deposit in which minerals are present in usable amounts and can be mined for profit |
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- Cooling Magma
- Contact Metamorphism
- Moving Water
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| Ores formed by cooling magma are |
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| Ores formed through contact metamorphism are |
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| Minerals deposited in rock formations |
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| Ores formed by moving water are |
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| Ores concentrated by moving water |
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| How they remove minerals from the Earth |
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- Surface Mining
- Subsurface Mining
- Placer Mining
- Undersea Mining
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| Mining the top level of Earth |
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| Mining uderground in shafts and tunnels |
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| Mining under the ocean in which minerals are retrieved by submercibles |
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| Solid formed from plants over millions of years ago |
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| The stages of the formation of coal |
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- Peat
- Lignite
- Bituminous Coal
- Anthracite
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| The first stage of coal, a partially changed plant part |
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| Second stage of coal, is deeply barried peat that does not burn long |
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| The third stage of coal, is the most abundant coal that burns long enough to be useable |
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| The fourth and final stage of coal, it burns long and clean, it is the most expensive type of coal and is not very abundant |
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| Liquid formed from plankton also known as petroleum |
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| How do you seperate hydrocarbons from crude oil |
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| Natural Gas is composed of |
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| Where does Nuclear energy come from |
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| What percent of Petroleum is used in the energy consumption of the United States |
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| What percent of Coal is used in the energy consumption of the United States? |
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| What percent of Natural Gas is used in the energy consumption of the United States? |
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| What percent of Nuclear is used in the energy consumption of the United States? |
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| What percent of Hydrocarbon is used in the energy consumption of the United States? |
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| What percent of Alternative forms of Energy is used in the energy consumption of the United States? |
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| How is Solar Energy generated? |
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| Explain the process of Nuclear Fusion |
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| Hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium in the core of the sun giving off heat and light |
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| Heat and light given off by Nuclear Fusion are used by Earth in what two types of systems |
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| Passive and Active Heating Systems |
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| Define Passive Heating Systems |
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| Simple heating systems that require the sun to be shining while in use |
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| An Example of a Passive Heating System |
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| Define Active Solar Heating System |
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| A solar heating system that does not require the sun to actively be shining and are more complex than simple windows |
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| Define Hydroelectric Power |
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| Mechanical energy of water |
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| Hydroelectric Power produces energy from |
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| The movement of a large river |
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| Hydroelectric energy produced by the movement of tides |
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| Advantadges of Solar Energy |
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- Available all over the world
- Abundant
- Clean
- Enviornmentally friendly
- Renewable
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| Disadvantadges of Solar Energy |
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- You need a lot of sun light
- You need a lot of space to place solar pannels
- Expensive
- Sunlight is not always available
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| Advantages of Hydroelectric Power |
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- Can provide power on demand
- Not dependent on Fossil Fuels
- Clean
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| Disadvangtagdes of Hydroelectric Power |
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- Unreliable
- Messes up Ecosystem of underwater wild life
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| Advantadges of Wind Energy |
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- Can generate significant ammounts of electricity
- Clean
- Renewable
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| Disadvantadges of Wind Energy |
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- Intermitten Source of Energy
- Takes a lot of space to place wind turbines
- Doesn't work everywhere
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| Advantadges of Geothermal Energy |
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- Has unique application
- Renewable
- Clean
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| Disadvantadges of Geothermal Energy |
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| Advantadges of Biomass Energy |
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- Inexpensive
- Easy to use
- Helps get rid of waste
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| Disadvantadges of Biomass Energy |
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- Not Clean
- Involved Fossil Fuels
- Cannot support energy needs alone
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| Advantadges of Hydrogen power |
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- Clean
- Renewable
- Most abundant
- Can work alongside other fuels to produce less pollution
- Has unique applications
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Disadvantadges of Hydrogen Power
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- Not popular
- Highly reactive and flammable
- Must be man made and is expensive to be produced
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| Energy produced by moving air |
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| Energy produced by Energy inside Earth by hot rocks |
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| Energy obtained from organisms |
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- Wood
- Garbage
- Methane
- Alcohol
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