Natural Resources

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Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources?

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How long they take to form

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Oil is formed from...

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the remains of dead ocean organisms.

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Coal is formed from...

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The remains of ancient plants from swamps

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Where are minerals, like diamonds, found?

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Near fault-lines and magma ancient volcanoes that carried material to the earth's surface.

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

coal

,

animals

,

oil

,

diamonds

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animals

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What kind of resource is oil?

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a nonrenewable resource

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Any useful materials that are made by the Earth are called:

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Natural Resources

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Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

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they are being used faster than they are being made

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Renewable resources

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can be replenished.

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Large reserves of oil in Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Russia indicate these areas were once...

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under ancient shallow seas