Humans and Natural Resources

The practice of responsibly using renewable and nonrenewable resources to ensure longevity.

• Solar Energy

• Sustainability

• Environment

• Nonrenewable Resource

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A resource that is relatively infinite and can be replenished over a short period of time.

• Renewable Resource

• Solar Energy

• Environment

• Nonrenewable Resource

This form of energy is collected and stored in photovoltaic cells.

• Biomass

• Solar Energy

• Coal

• Nonrenewable Resource

Otherwise known as Petroleum, this is nonrenewable energy comes from geologic structures from within the Earth.

• Fracking

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• oil

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the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

• Fracking

• Hydropower

• Environment

• Biomass

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Electricity generated from the energy of moving water

• renewable energy

• Hydropower

• Geothermal energy

• wind power

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Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.

• Nuclear Power

• Fusion

• Geothermal energy

• wind power

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A naturally occurring Hydrocarbon that consists mostly of methane.

• Natural gas

• Wind power

• Geothermal energy

• Biomass

A resource that is finite and cannot be replenished in a short period of time.

• Natural gas

• Oil

• Coal

• Nonrenewable resource

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This form of energy utilizes a spinning turbine to generate electricity

• turbine

• Wind power

• generator

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