Energy resources by Adrian Brown

Renewable Resources

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those resources that continue to exist despite being consumed or can replenish themselves over a period of time even as they are used.

Non-Renewable Resources

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A natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed.

Natural Resources

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

Conservation

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prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

Coal

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a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

Gas

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a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape and no fixed volume.

Petroleum

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a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil.

Minerals

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a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.

Compost

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decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.

Ore

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a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.

Hydroelectric Energy

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a renewable source of energy that generates power by using a dam or diversion structure to alter the natural flow of a river or other body of water.

Solar

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relating to or determined by the sun.

Efficiency

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the state or quality of being efficient.

Geothermal Energy

adrianbrown4 — 2024-05-14 19:09:03 UTC

Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because heat is continuously produced inside the earth.

Solar Energy

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Solar energy is radiation from the Sun that is capable of producing heat, causing chemical reactions, or generating electricity.