Energy Resources Vocabulary

Parts of environment, such as forest or fresh water, that is useful or necessary for humans

• Chemical Energy

• Geologic Trap

• Natural Resource

• Ground Resource

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

Source from which useful energy can be extracted or recovered

• Natural Resource

• Conservation

• Renewable Resource

• Energy Resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Energy resource that is replenished and constantly recycled or replaced in nature

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Mineral resource

• Ground resource

Natural resource that is used more quickly than it can be replaced by natural processes

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Mineral resource

• Ground resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Nonrenewable energy resources that formed in Earth's crust over 100s of millions of years ago

• Minerals

• Fossil fuels

• Groundwater

• Geologic Trap

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Energy stored in bonds of atoms and molecules and holds particles together

• Energy resource

• Geothermal

• Minerals

• Chemical Energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Layer of impermeable rock which prevents upward or lateral escape of oil or gas

• Ground resource

• Geologic trap

• Conservation

• Mineral trap

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Resources available from the land

• Ground resources

• Mineral resources

• Energy resources

• Geologic trap

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

A volume of rock enriched in one or more useful materials (gold, copper, iron)

• Mineral resource

• Ground resource

• Geologic trap

• Chemical energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Efforts to wisely use, distribute, and protect valuable resources

• Biomass

• Conservation

• Fossil fuels

• Energy resource

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2