AP®︎ Environmental Science: Topic 6.4 Flashcards

Material or energy found in nature that humans can use

A natural concentration of a resource in a particular location

The known portion of a resource that can be recovered under current economic and technological conditions

The nonuniform pattern of resource deposits created by regional differences in geologic history and formation conditions

Fuel formed from buried plants in ancient oxygen-poor wetlands, concentrated in sedimentary seams such as those of Appalachia

Liquid hydrocarbons formed from buried aquatic organisms and concentrated in trapped reservoirs within sedimentary basins

Mostly methane formed from buried organic matter, often found with oil in sedimentary traps or within low-permeability shale

Rock containing a useful substance at a concentration high enough to make recovery potentially worthwhile

Uranium-bearing rock concentrated enough for potential recovery, with important deposits in Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Namibia, and parts of the United States and Central Asia

Organic-rich rock in which burial and heating generate oil or natural gas

Porous, permeable rock into which oil or natural gas migrates and accumulates

Impermeable rock that prevents oil and natural gas from migrating out of a reservoir

A rock structure, such as a fold or fault, that concentrates migrating oil and gas beneath a seal