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Environmental Studies
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Undergraduate 3
02/03/2017

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Term
Resources
Definition
i.) Critical things that are used to attain a set goal.
ii.) Critical Items are items that change overtime.

Caveman:
--Water, Food, Fire

Industrial Societies:
--FossilFuels, Building Materials, Metals

Resources
--Materials from the Earth
--Non-renewable resources: (Can't be regenerated within a
lifetime; Average of 70 years
Term
Impacts of Critical Resources on Everyday Life
Definition
Increase in Oil Prices
 1973 – Oil Embargo
==Gas Lines
== Increased Gas Prices
== Energy Crisis
== Recession

**We would probably never run out of gasoline**
**The ecosystem depends on energy source and flow**
Term
Energy History
Definition
The amount of energy we need has grown overtime.
History of the U.S energy use:
Wood---Coal---oil---Natural Gas

we switched from coal to oil because oil is cheap, cleaner and can be transported by pipelines.
Term
Energy Sources
Definition
 Fossil Fuels (~80%)
 Oil & Natural Gas
 Coal
 Oil Shales & Tar Sands
 Nuclear (~10%)
 Hydroelectric (3%)
 Other Alternatives (6%)
(4 Nuclear power plants near Geneva)
Term
Fossil Fuels-- 82% Demand
Definition
Fossil:
 Recognizable Remains of Past Life preserved as an impression, Cast, Mold, Outline, Track and or Body Part.
 Types:
 Marine Organic Matter:
== Hydrocarbons
==  Oil & Natural Gas
 Terrestrial Organic Matter:
==  Coal (Natural Gas)
==  Woody Tissue
 Transformation:
== Decrease in Oxygen and Nitrogen
== Increase in Carbon
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