Monday, March 21, 2016

APES world list due Thursday


Remember: Term/ keyword/ brief definition- drawing on the next page (or back) that incorporates the terms! If you have an AP environmental science review book this will be much easier (the princeton review is the one I like.)


Keep in Mind that your definitions should be related to energy use and how we obtain natural resources, obviously the word seam has several definitions!
  1. consumption
  2. seam
  3. proven reserve
  4. crude oil
  5. anthracite
  6. peat
  7. subsidence
  8. acid mine drainage
  9. fission
  10. nuclear fusion
  11. breeder reactor
  12. NIMBY
  13. photovoltaic cells
  14. nacelle
  15. ore
  16. metallic ores
  17. nonmetallic ores
  18. gangue
  19. tailings
  20.  overburden
  21. mine restoration process
  22. externalities
  23. by-catch
  24. passive solar energy
  25. radioactive meltdown