NAME: Abby Telenko

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5.4 Energy Webquest

Use the Internet or textbook to find answers to the following:
1. Whats the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources are resources that can be used for a very long
period of time, while nonrenewable resources are resources that cannot
be used for a long time, once its gone, its gone.
2. What is a lode?
A veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous
3. What is a placer deposit?
Natural concentration of heavy minerals caused by the effect of gravity
on moving particles
4. Name at least three uses of a mineral resources.
Tools, Aluminum foil, and jewelry
5. Another name for a fossil fuel is a hydro-___.
Hydrocarbons
6. What is carbonization?
The conversion of an organic substance into carbon or a carboncontaining residue through pyrolysis or destructive distillation.
7. What is a petrochemical?
Chemical compounds obtained as by products from refining of
petroleum
8. What are the main environmental problems with fossil fuels?
They produce deadly waste, and toxic fumes
9. What are some examples of Alternative Energies in the U.S.?
Solar power, wind power, water power,
10. List 2 examples of where Alternative Energy (non-fossil) sources are being
used in North Carolina
One example of an alternative energy source is to have an electric hot
water tank, and this can be used in the average household. Another
example of an alternative energy source is that in Raleigh Wilmington,
Greenville, and Fayetteville there are solar photovoltaic.