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energy resources test review by meredith

Terms in this set (40)

Biomass
Energy which is produced by burning organic matter
Vampire energy
Energy used by appliances and other electronic equipment that are plugged in 24 hours per day
Nuclear energy
Energy released from atomic reactions
Solar energy
Energy from the sun
Geothermal energy
Energy from earths interior
Hydroelectric power
Electricity produced by flowing water
Wind farm
Group of wind turbines that produce electricity
Anthracite
Arrest coal which contains the most carbon and burns the most efficiently
Impermeable rock
Layers of rock through which oil and natural gas cannot pass
renewable resource
Resources that can be replaced by natural process in a relatively short amount of time
nonrenewable resource
Resources that can be used faster than they can be replaced by natural process
reclamation
Process in which mined land must be recovered with vegetation
R
Geothermal
NR
Natural Gas
R
Biomass
NR
Coal
NR
Oil
NR
Nuclear
NR
Petroleum
R
Solar
R
Wood
NR
Uranium
R
Water
R
Wind
oil, coal, natural gas
What are the three types of fossil fuels
Bacteria/plants
What is coal formed from
Plankton
What is oil formed from
Plankton
What is natural gas formed from
Temperature and pressure, length of time, and type of organic matter
The type of fossil fuels formation depends on _____, ________, ___________
Nuclear fission
The process of splitting atoms to release neutrons and thermal energy called
Uranium
What element Is used for nuclear energy
About 90 percent
What percent of non renewable energy resources make up the United States yearly consumption
About 10 percent
What percent of renewable energy resources make up the United States yearly consumption
They are inexpensive
If fossil fuels are bad, why do we still use them
Turbine
Most power plants need to find a way to turn a ______
High cost of collection cells
What's a disadvantage of SOLAR ENERGY
it requires a large amount of land or ocean to collect and produce energy on a large scale
What's a disadvantage for WIND ENERGY
Negative impact on aquatic ecosystems
What's a disadvantage for WATER ENERGY
limited to tectonically active areas
One disadvantage for GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Air pollution results from burning some forms
One disadvantage for BIOMASS
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