chapter 5

Question 1

non renewable resource

Answer 1

a resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural procces

Question 2

renewable resource

Answer 2

a resource that can be replenished by natural procceses at least as quickly as it is used

Question 3

nuclear energy

Answer 3

energy stored in and released from the nucleus adam

Question 4

reclamation

Answer 4

a which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegatation

Question 5

solar energy

Answer 5

energy from the sun

Question 6

wind farm

Answer 6

a group of wind turbines that produce electricity

Question 7

hydroeletric power

Answer 7

electricity produced by flowing water

Question 8

geothermal energy

Answer 8

thermal energy from earths interior

Question 9

biomass energy

Answer 9

energyy produced by burning organic matter such as wood food scraps and achohal

Question 10

ore

Answer 10

a deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for profit

Question 11

deforestation

Answer 11

the removal of large forest areas for human purpose

Question 12

photo chemical smog

Answer 12

air pollution that forms from the interaction bewteenchemicals in the air and sunlight

Question 13

acid precipitation

Answer 13

precipitation that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater.