Chapter 5 Flashcards
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are resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes.
nonrenewable resourses
resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time
renewable resorses
energy released from atomic reactions
nuclear energy
a prosses in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation.
reclamation
energy from the sun.
solar energy
A group of wind turbines that produce electricity.
wind farm
Electricity produced by flowing water.
hydroelectric power
thermal energy from Earth’s interior.
geothermal
energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol.
biomass energy
deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for a profit.
ore
the cutting of large areas of forest for human activities.
deforestation
a brownish haze produced when nitrogen compounds and other pollutants in the air react in the presence of sunlight.
photochemical smog
precipitation that has a lower pH than they of normal rainwater
precipitation that has a lower pH than they of normal rainwater
