Energy, Water & Material Resources — Chapter overview · Physics & Environmental Science, Grade 12
Evaluate resources through conservation, replenishment, life-cycle boundaries, and equal service.
Chapter question
What makes a resource comparison fair and useful?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 9.1 · Nonrenewable Energy & Fossil Fuels
I can describe how coal, oil, and natural gas form and how they are extracted.
- Unit 9.2 · Renewable Energy
I can describe how solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass energy generate power.
- Unit 9.3 · Water & Land Resources
I can explain why usable freshwater is a small and unevenly distributed fraction of Earth's water.
- Unit 9.4 · Mineral & Soil Resources
I can explain how mineral ores form and how they are extracted by mining.
- Unit 9.5 · Life-Cycle Energy & Resource Accounting
I can compare equal service through a defined life-cycle boundary.