Science: Ch.18 Vocabulary

Resource that is used faster than it can be replaced?

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Hydroelectric power

• Biomass energy

Energy released from atomic reactions?

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Nuclear energy

• Geothermal energy

Process in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation?

• Regulation

• Reclamation

• Deforestation

• Runoff

Rule dealing with procedures, such as safety?

• Reclamation

• Preserve

• Regulation

• Runoff

A resource that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time?

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Runoff

• Regulation

Energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol?

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Nuclear

thermal energy from Earth's interior

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Wind

Electricity produced by flowing water?

• Biomass

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

Energy from the Sun?

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Hydroelectric

• Nuclear

Group of wind turbines that produce electricity?

• Wind farm

• Photochemical Smog

• Acid Precipitation

• Ore