Recourses and Energy

Mineral Resources We Use

Nonrenewable vs. Renewable Nonrenewable – resource that forms at a rate that’s slower than its consumed Renewable – resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which its consumed

Types/Sources of Fossil Fuels Fossil Fuel – nonrenewable energy source that formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago TYPES: -Coal -Petroleum -Natural Gas

Pros and Cons:

Nuclear Reactions Fusion – process where nucleus splits in two

Nuclear Reactions Fission – process where two nuclei combine