Chapter 12 vocab
Across
- 6. A process in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation.
- 8. Energy from the sun.
- 12. A natural resource that is being used up faster than it can be replaced by natural processes.
- 13. A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit.
Down
- 1. Thermal energy from Earth’s interior.
- 2. A group of wind turbines that produce electricity.
- 3. A natural resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used.
- 4. Air pollution that forms from the interactions between chemicals in the air and sunlight.
- 5. Energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol.
- 7. electricity produced by flowing water.
- 9. The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes.
- 10. Energy stored in and released from the nucleus of an atom.
- 11. Precipitation that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater.