Trent Science - Ch. 8 vocabulary

nonrenewable energy resource, such as oil and coal, formed over millions of years from remains of dead plants and other organisms

sedimentary rock formed from decayed plant material; world's most abundant fossil fuel

liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organism that is burned to obtain energy and used in the manufacture of plastics

fossil fuel formed from marine organisms that is often found in titled or folded rock layers and is used for heating and cooking

amount of fossil fuel that can be extracted from Earth at a profit using current technology

alternative energy source that is based on atomic fission

energy from the sun that is clean, inexhaustible, and can be transformed into electricity by solar cells

area where many windmills use wind to generate electricity

electricity produced by water power using large dams in a river

inexhaustible energy resource that uses hot magma or hot, dry rocks from below Earth's surface to generate electricity

renewable energy derived from burning organic materials such as wood and alcohol

resource from which metals are obtained

material that contains enough of a useful metal that it can be mined and sold at a profit

conservation method in which old materials are processed to make new ones