Ms. Haselby's Chapter 13 Science Test
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- natural gas
- a gaseous fossil fuel
- geothermal energy
- energy resulting from the heating of the Earth's crust
- nonrenewable resource
- a resource that cannot be replaced
- acid precipitation
- precipitation that contains acids due to ar pollution
- natural resource
- any natural substance, organism, or energy form that living things use
- petroleum
- an oily mixture of flammable organic compounds from which liquid fossil fuels and other products are seperated
- coal
- a solid fossil fuel formed underground
- fossil fuels
- a nonrenewable energy resource that forms in the Earth's crust for millions of years
- nuclear energy
- the form of energy associated changes in the nucleus of an atom
- leachate
- a polluted liquid
- biomass
- organic matter that contains stored energy
- wind energy
- energy in wind
- renewable resource
- a natural resource that can be restored
- insulation
- a substance that reduces the transfer of thermal energy
- biodegradable
- any material that can be broken down and recycled
- energy resources
- a natural resoirce thst can be converted into other forms of energy
- smog
- a photochemical fog produced by the action of sunlight on air pollutants