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Natural Resources

Key vocabulary to support teaching of natural resources

TermDefinition
Electricity A form of energy that provides power to devices.
Energy The power to do work such as electrical, mechanical, chemical, thermal or nuclear.
Fossil Fuels Carbon fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas that cannot be remade because it will take tens of millions of years for them to form again.
Fracking Process of drilling down into the earth and injecting fluid into cracks at high pressure in order to release oil and gas.
Minerals A naturally occurring material found in the earth.
Mining Getting coal and other minerals from the earth.
Non-renewable Sources of energy that can run out.
Oil A liquid formed by the natural resources burned to create energy and make plastics.
Oil Rigs A large structure with equipment for removing oil from under the land or sea.
Pollution The contamination of air, water or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms.
Renewable Sources of energy that cannot run out.
Resource Something that people can make use of.
Solar Relating to the sun.
Turbines A device used to generate energy as water or wind causes the bladed rotor to move around.
Wind The movement of air.
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