AP Environmental Science Flashcards Part 5 Flashcards
Princeton Review AP Environmental Science Hit Parade
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| 686575242 | Active Collection | the use of devices, such as solar panels, to collect, focus, transport, or store solar energy | |
| 686575243 | Bituminous | the second purest form of coal | |
| 686575244 | Fly Ash | a waste product produced by the burning of coal | |
| 686575245 | Hubbert Peak (Peak Oil) | a theory that concerns the long-term rate of conventional oil extraction and depletion; it predicts that future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline. | |
| 686575246 | Lignite | the least pure coal | |
| 686575247 | Overburden | the rocks and earth that are removed when mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource | |
| 686575248 | Passive Solar Energy Collection | the use of building materials, building placement, and design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool | |
| 686575249 | Petroleum | oil, a hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized | |
| 686575250 | Proven Reserve | an estimate of the amount of fossil fuel that can be obtained from reserve | |
| 686575251 | Scrubbers | devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants | |
| 686575252 | Subbituminous | the third purest form of coal |