Natural Resource Vocabulary

Natural Resource

• A natural resource is like a minerals . They come from nature.
• I found a natural resource today; it was zinc.

Natural Resource

• A natural resource is like a minerals . They come from nature.
• I found a natural resource today; it was zinc.

Renewable resources

• A renewable resource is when it comes back quickly; we have it again.
• Renewable resources come back quicker than non-renewable resources.

Non-renewable resources

• It doesn't come back quickly. We've used it all up. There's no more left.
• Coal is a non-renewable resource ,because if we use it up we have no more left.

Fossil fuel

• It's from the past, its a fuel such as coal and gas.
• We uses fossil fuels in our car, cause we put gas in our car.

Natural Gas

• its a fuel. it has petroleum.
• Natural gas has petroleum in it , just like a lot of stuff.

coal

• it is widely used as a fuel. Found underground.
• Coal is used to fuel our car.

acid precipitation

• any type of precipitation with acid that form in the atmosphere .
• Acid precipitation can mess up your car.

smog

• fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
• There is a large amount of smog in L.A.

nuclear energy

• energy that is used to generate electricity.
• Nuclear energy is used for electricity in different places.

chemical energy

• energy that is available for release from chemical reactions.
• Chemical energy is in the food you eat , and batteries.

solar energy

• energy from the sun.
• Solar energy can heat the earth with the sun.

wind energy

• generated by converting wind currents into other forms of energy using wind turbines.

hydroelectric energy

• energy generated by moving water converted to electricity.
• Hydroelectric energy is used in buildings so people can see what they are doing.

biomass

• used as a fuel, also used to generate electricity.
• We use biomass in our home.

geothermal

• produced by the internal heat of the Earth .
• Geothermal is produced by heat from the Earth.

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