Env. Sci. Unit 3 Terms - Earth and Humans
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- 5. This type of renewable energy has the most energy available - in the video, it was the largest circle showing available energy, if only we could harness it
- 6. This type of renewable fuel is made from corn, and is not yet more efficient than gasoline
- 7. This type of energy creates a fuel by chemically combining hydrogen and oxygen to generate water and energy
- 11. This is one type of nuclear energy that is not as widespread yet, and it combines hydrogen atoms for energy
- 14. Electric car batteries are made of ___, which has some neagtive consequences such as mining it pollutes surroundings and may use unethical labor
- 17. An event that cannot be prevented, is not man-made, and CAN lead to a disaster
- 19. In order for electric cars to be better for the environment than regular cars, they should run on electricity from ___ energy, not fossil fuels
- 21. One cost of solar power is that it is not constant. The sun us not out at night or in thick cloud cover. Therefore solar power is ___.
- 22. a type of air pollution that can cause lung cancer
- 24. This type of energy spins a turbine that can redirect the flow of water, sometimes for helpful benefits but other times disrupting animal movement
- 25. Can naturally replenish within a human lifetime
- 26. _______ Protection from natural disasters involves man-made protection or plans like building a sea wall, raised homes, or having an evacuation plan
- 27. One way natural resources may affect humans is by causing _____, for example with Oil in the Middle East
- 29. Tiny pieces of waste that are in the ocean and ground, and animals may mistake as food, so we now find them in living things including humans
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- 1. thick polluted fog
- 2. One way to be more sustainable is to stop climate change before it reaches the ____
- 3. Nuclear power uses this non-renewable resource by splitting this atom for energy
- 4. Types of resources such as oil, natural gas, gold, lithium, uranium
- 6. One way natural resources can affect humans is by determining a country's ____, for example a country with fertile soil may rely on farming
- 8. This type of energy uses heat from underground magma to generate steam that spins a turbine
- 9. ___ Power Plant accidents can cause radiation that can cause health issues or death
- 10. The ability to support ourselves now and in the future to meet our needs
- 12. This type of energy is the most efficient by far but may kill bats and birds
- 13. ____ Protection can prevent a natural hazard from turning into a natural disaster by supporting nature to protect us
- 15. ______ agreements between various countries about safe waste disposal could help to reduce pollution
- 16. Materials from Earth used to support human needs
- 18. Pollution to the _____ causes the formation of acid rain
- 20. We need to establish an _______ that stores and transports energy from renewable power to where it needs to go
- 23. ____ and pesticides can seep into groundwater from farmland and move to other areas, creating dead zones
- 27. a chemical that used to be common in aerosols that was damaging the ozone layer
- 28. This type of energy involves making a fuel from a living thing like corn, wood, or algae