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| the careful use of resources |
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| water that flows over the land surface rather than seeping into the ground |
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| general term for any hydrocarbon that may be used as a fuel, including oil and natural gas |
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| the collecting and processing of used items so they can be made into new products |
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| water pollution that comes from a known and specific location |
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| partly decomposed organic material that is used as ferttilizer |
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| a resource that takes millions of years to form |
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| a material from which a useful mineral or minerals can be mined at a profit |
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| the increase in average temeratures of Earth and the atmosphere due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels |
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| Non-point Source Pollution |
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| water pollution that doesn't have a specific point of origin |
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| a resource that is virtually inexhaustable or that can be replen-ished over a relatively short time span |
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| energy that can be extracted from Earth's internal heat, for example natural steam used for power generation |
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| What are the three main Fossil Fuels? |
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| What are the steps of the formation of Coal? |
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| 1.) Peat, 2.) Lignite,, 3.) Bitumin-ous, 4.) Anthrecite |
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| soil like, partially decayed plants |
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| when peat turns into sedimentary rock |
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| when lignite is under heat and pressure |
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| when bituminous is metamorphosed |
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| Petroleum/Natural Gas Step 1 |
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| plant/animal ramainsare buried under the ocean floor |
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| Petroleum/Natural Gas Step 2 |
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| over millions of years, without oxygen, chemical reactions transform it to petroleum and gas |
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| Petroleum/Natural Gas are less dense than water so... |
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| they rise up until they're trapped |
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1.)oil collects under a resevoir of rock
2.)a cap rock keeps oil/gas from escaping |
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bitumen mixed with sand or clay
- they can be surface mined, but it is too expensive and damaging to the land |
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a waxy mineral mix with shale
- it is not profitable to mine |
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| 5 renewable resources are: |
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| cotton/cotton field, corn, cattle, apples, windmill field |
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| *precious metals - gold, silver, copper *fossil fuels - oil, coal, natural gas |
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| cans, cars, trucks, plastic, paper |
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| What is the difference between reneawble resources, nonrenewable resources, and recycleables? |
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| Renewable resources are replenishable over relatively short time spans, nonrenewable resources take millions of years to replenish, and recycleables are man made; they're not resources. |
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| Formation of Mineral Deposites |
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| Some of the most important mineral deposites form through igneous processesand hydrothermal solutions. |
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| Mineral Resources and Igmeous Processes |
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| As a body of magma cools, heavy minerals crystallize and settle at the bottom of the magma chamber. |
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| As magma cools into a solid, liquid and metals collect near the top of the chamber. They can move with rock. The fluid cools, minerals separate, and make veins. |
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| When eroded, heavy minerals settle quickly from moving water while less dense particles remain suspended and keep moving. |
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| Nonmetallic Mineral Resources |
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| Are extracted and processed either for the nonmetallic elements they contain or for their physical/chemical properties. |
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