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compost
a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure
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How is coal formed?
formed from plant remains subject to high heat and pressure over millions of years
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List 3 fossil fuels
coal, oil, natural gas
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Fossil fuel
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
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nonrenewable resource
a resource that cannot be replaced
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Renewable resource
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
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Major sources of air pollution
caused by coal burning, power plants, vehicles that burn gasoline
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Safe Drinking Water Act
Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water.
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Clean Water Act
(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
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point source pollution
pollution that comes from a specific site
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Tidal power
Electricity generated by the movement of sea water caused by the tides
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conservation
the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
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global warming
An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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3 land resources
Soil Forests Minerals
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recycling
Convert waste into reusable material.
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non-point source pollution
water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
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solar energy
energy from the sun
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petroleum/natural gas
a source of energy that forms from the remains of plants and animals that were buried in ancient seas.
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nuclear energy
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
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Tar sands
sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
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wind energy
The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine
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Turbine
A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air.
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geothermal energy
Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
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Oil shale
a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil and natural gas are obtained.
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hydroelectric energy
Energy obtained from flowing water
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a resource that cannot be replaced
nonrenewable resource
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Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
Fossil fuel
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coal, oil, natural gas
List 3 fossil fuels
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formed from plant remains subject to high heat and pressure over millions of years
How is coal formed?
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An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
global warming
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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
Renewable resource
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water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
non-point source pollution
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Soil Forests Minerals
3 land resources
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Convert waste into reusable material.
recycling
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a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure
compost
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Energy obtained from flowing water
hydroelectric energy
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the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
conservation
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Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water.
Safe Drinking Water Act
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Electricity generated by the movement of sea water caused by the tides
Tidal power
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pollution that comes from a specific site
point source pollution
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A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air.
Turbine
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(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
Clean Water Act
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The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine
wind energy
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Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
nuclear energy
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Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
geothermal energy
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a source of energy that forms from the remains of plants and animals that were buried in ancient seas.
petroleum/natural gas
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energy from the sun
solar energy
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a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil and natural gas are obtained.
Oil shale
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caused by coal burning, power plants, vehicles that burn gasoline
Major sources of air pollution
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sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
Tar sands
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compost
a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure
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Tidal power
Electricity generated by the movement of sea water caused by the tides
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Clean Water Act
(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
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Safe Drinking Water Act
Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water.
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recycling
Convert waste into reusable material.
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Major sources of air pollution
caused by coal burning, power plants, vehicles that burn gasoline
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conservation
the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
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3 land resources
Soil Forests Minerals
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non-point source pollution
water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
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point source pollution
pollution that comes from a specific site
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global warming
An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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geothermal energy
Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
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nuclear energy
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
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Tar sands
rock or sand layers that contain oil
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petroleum/natural gas
a source of energy that forms from the remains of plants and animals that were buried in ancient seas.
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Turbine
A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air.
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Oil shale
a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil and natural gas are obtained.
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solar energy
energy from the sun
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hydroelectric energy
Energy obtained from flowing water
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wind energy
The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine
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Fossil fuel
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
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How is coal formed?
formed from plant remains subject to high heat and pressure over millions of years
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nonrenewable resource
a resource that cannot be replaced
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List 3 fossil fuels
coal, oil, natural gas
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Renewable resource
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
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formed from plant remains subject to high heat and pressure over millions of years
How is coal formed?
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a resource that cannot be replaced
nonrenewable resource
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coal, oil, natural gas
List 3 fossil fuels
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Convert waste into reusable material.
recycling
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a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure
compost
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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
Renewable resource
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Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
Fossil fuel
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(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
Clean Water Act
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Electricity generated by the movement of sea water caused by the tides
Tidal power
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Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water.
Safe Drinking Water Act
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An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
global warming
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pollution that comes from a specific site
point source pollution
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water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
non-point source pollution
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caused by coal burning, power plants, vehicles that burn gasoline
Major sources of air pollution
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Energy obtained from flowing water
hydroelectric energy
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Soil Forests Minerals
3 land resources
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The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine
wind energy
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the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
conservation
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a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil and natural gas are obtained.
Oil shale
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A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air.
Turbine
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energy from the sun
solar energy
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Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
nuclear energy
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rock or sand layers that contain oil
Tar sands
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Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
geothermal energy
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a source of energy that forms from the remains of plants and animals that were buried in ancient seas.
petroleum/natural gas
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