Resources Vocab

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Most rapidly decreasing fossil fuel from microscopic plankton

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oil

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Remains of wetland plants compressed over millions of years

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coal

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Remains of marine organisms

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natural gas

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Resources that take thousands of years to form and cannot be replaced in a human lifetime.

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nonrenewable

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Resources that can be replaced in a human lifetime, like water and sunlight.

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Renewable resource

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Energy from the sun

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solar energy

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Electrical energy from flowing water

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hydropower

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Organic matter (wood, plants, animals) with stored energy

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biomass fuels

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Energy from steam or hot water from underground rocks

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geothermal energy

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Power harnessed from wind via a windmill

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wind energy