Natural Resources vocab words

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Things humans use that occur naturally

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Natural resources

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Sun, wind, and water used indefinitely for human needs

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Renewable resources

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Cannot be replaced: coal, natural gas, oil

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nonrenewable resources

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Fuels from decomposed ancient life forms

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Fossil fuels

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Energy from the sun for electricity

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Solar energy

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Something that can be used for a purpose

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Resources

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Make smaller or less in amount

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reduce

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to use again or more than once

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reuse

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Process to reuse materials

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recycle

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Device using moving gas/liquid energy to spin a rod

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turbine