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APES Unit 6: Energy Consumption and Resources

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Renewable resources

Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time, usually no longer than the length of a human life.

Nonrenewable resources

A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.

External costs / externalities

the social costs and benefits of business activity borne by the wider community

Developed countries

countries with strong economies and a high quality of life, tend to consumer more energy and dependent on fossil fuels

Developing countries

countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life, consume less energy, use more biomass energy sources

Changed its economy to rely less on farming and more on manufacturing

Carbohydrate component of plant cell walls.

partially decayed plant matter found in bogs

the least pure coal, low heat and low sulfur content

the second-purest form of coal, medium heat content and high sulfur

the cleanest-burning coal; almost pure carbon, high heat and low sulfur content

flammable gas, consisting largely of methane, cleanest burning fossil fuel

petroleum that has not been processed

mixture of clay, sand, water and bitumen. Bitumen can be extracted and refined into oil