Energy and the Environment (nonrenewable vs renewables)

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fuel made from living things

• solar energy

• nuclear energy

• hydroelectric (water) power

• biomass fuel

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the practice of reducing energy use

• nonrenewable resource
• fossil fuel
• petroleum
• energy conservation

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an organic compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms

• petroleum
• hydrocarbon
• fossil fuel
• biomass fuel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

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electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam

• hydroelectric power

  (water energy)

• nuclear energy

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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any material that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people

• inexhaustible resource
• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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a resource that is not replaced within a useful time frame

• inexhaustible resource
• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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energy that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a short time

• inexhaustible resource
• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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the splitting of an atom's nucleus into 2 smaller nuclei and neutrons, releasing a large quantity of energy

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• hydroelectric power

• nuclear energy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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liquid fossil fuel; oil

• petroleum
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• hydroelectric power

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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energy from the sun

• petroleum
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• hydroelectric power

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6