Energy Resources Vocab

natural resource that forms much more slowly than at the rate at which it is used

• non-renewable resource

• renewable resource

• natural resource

• energy resource

resources that can be replaced at the same (or nearly the same) rate at which the resource is being used

• non-renewable resource

• renewable resource

• natural resource

• energy resource

matter that comes from the decay of organisms; formed over millions of years, at very high temperatures

• natural resources

• fossil fuels

• biomass

• material resource

toxic precipitation; results from the burning of fossil fuels

• degredatino

• biomass

• depletion

• acid rain

renewable or non-renewable resources that have a practical use and value for humans

• natural resources

• fossil fuels

• material resources

• geothermal energy

energy released when the nucleus of an atom is split apart (fission) or combined with another nucleus (fusion)

• geothermal energy

• energy resource

• uranium

• nuclear energy

a natural, renewable energy resource produced by Earth's naturally occurring heat, steam and hot water

• geothermal energy

• acid rain

• fossil fuels

• energy resource

the ability to do work; cannot be created or destroyed

• potential

• kinetic

• energy

• energy resource

resources that are obtained from the earth; used by humans to survive and improve their lives

• natural resource

• non-renewable resource

• renewable resource

• material resource

any natural resource that humans use to generate energy

• fossil fuel

• biomass

• energy resource

• material resource