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| the materials on Earth that are available for our use, including soil, water, air, minerals & fossil fuels |
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| a natural resource that is used and can be replaced by natural means in a relatively short amount of time |
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| a natural resource that is used but cannot be replaced easily |
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| an energy resource formed from the remains of plants and animals |
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| a fossil fuel used to heat homes and produce electricity; means "liquid rock" and is the same as crude oil |
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| a factory that separates crude oil into products such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel |
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| chemicals produced from oil |
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| a fossil fuel found in a gaseous state, is often found close to deposits of oil |
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| a fossil fuel formed from plant material that was quickly buried in sediment |
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| a type of coal that is the best and cleanest grade; burns without smoke and produces almost no pollutants; not common & quite expensive |
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| a grade of coal; most common type of coal; is soft and contains sulfur; large amounts of ash are produced when burned causing pollution; it is plentiful and fairly inexpensive |
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| a grade of coal made of partially decayed plant material; is brown and often has pieces of wood in it; is formed in bogs and must be dried out before it can be burned |
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| foes not use a fossil fuel; it does depend on nonrenewable resource |
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| a mineral necessary to produce nuclear energy |
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| a thick layer of spilled oil that spreads out rapidly |
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| floatation foam used to gather oil into a contained area |
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| sucks the oil off the water like a huge vacuum cleaner or adheres to the oil and lifts it off the water |
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| material that absorbs the oil like a sponge; usually used for small spills or for the later stages of cleanup of a larger spill |
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| disperse and break down oil but can be harmful to underwater animals |
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| a holding area of water located behind a dam |
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| a renewable energy resource; produced as water flows from a reservoir and turns turbines - the turbines generate electricity |
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| energy generated from heat within the earth |
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| an area covered with windmills used to produce power without causing air or water pollution |
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| air movements to generate electrical energy |
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| energy that is produced by collecting sunlight through solar panels |
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| a solar collection area that uses reflective mirrors to produce solar energy |
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| a solid substance found naturally in the earth's surface; has never been an organic substance |
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| a concentrated area of specific minerals that have melted and separated into layers |
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| material that has a usable amount of metal in it |
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| the process of separating metal from the other material in which it is found |
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| non-metal part of of liquid ore that floats to the top |
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| a soft and shapeable metal; used as jewelry, dentistry, glassmaking, treating arthritis and cancer, a judge of man's wealth |
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| metal used mainly for money and jewelry |
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| a red-orange metal that is also used for money |
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| a very plentiful and useful metal because it is strong and durable; it has been used to make tools and weapons |
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| a strong and lightweight metal; most abundant metal in the earth's crust |
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| resting fields for a season or year |
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| a method used by farmers to help keep water from washing soil away; plowing where farmers plow with the shape of the land |
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| all of Earth's water found in lakes, oceans, streams, rivers, soil, ground water and the air |
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| the path that water takes as it travels from land to sky and back |
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| small one -celled organisms; they make up the first link in the ocean's food chain and carry on photosynthesis |
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| water stored beneath the surface of the earth |
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| layers of sand, gravel or bedrock that hold or move ground water |
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| the falling water level in an aquifer's well when a lot of water is withdrawn |
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| a glacier on relatively level land |
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| an ice sheet that reaches the ocean and continues to float over the water |
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| a piece of glacier, ice sheet or iceberg that breaks off into the ocean and floats independently |
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| to conserve resources by using less energy |
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| to conserve resources by finding new ways to use a product |
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| to conserve resources by turning products into other products |
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