Earth's Resources - Vocab Quiz

Manner in which individuals act that determines what they buy and sell

• consumer demands
• natural gas
• chemical pollution
• nuclear

A gas with high methane content, found along with various fossil fuels and is used as a fuel

• consumer demands
• natural gas
• chemical pollution
• nuclear

Chemicals escaping into the environment that can damage ecosystems

• consumer demands
• natural gas
• chemical pollution
• nuclear

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• consumer demands
• natural gas
• chemical pollution
• nuclear

Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy

• solar power
• renewable resource
• natural resources
• biomass

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

• solar power
• renewable resource
• natural resources
• biomass

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

• solar power
• renewable resource
• natural resources
• biomass

The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume

• solar power
• renewable resource
• natural resources
• biomass

A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air

• turbine
• thermal energy
• hydro-electric
• geothermal

Heat energy

• turbine
• thermal energy
• hydro-electric
• geothermal