Soil and Fossils

Things, materials, substances and components found in the natural environment

• renewable resource

• natural resource

• nonrenewable resource

• organic matter

Resources that can be replenished in a lifetime

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• humus

• fossil fuel

Formed hundreds of millions of years ago from the decomposed remains of dead organisms. They are burned for energy:

• humus

• natural resource

• fossils

• fossil fuels

The remains or traces of an animal or a plant from millions of years ago that have been preserved as rock

• fossil fuels

• fossils

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

Toxins that can harm living things and damage the natural environment

• fossil fuels

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• pollution

Resources that cannot be replenished by natural processes. They are all gone once they are used up:

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• organic matter

• humus

The waste and remains of plants and animals:

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• humus

• organic matter

Part of the soil that is made up of decayed plants and animals:

• humus

• organic matter

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

Which fossil fuel is solid and is most often used to produce electricity and heat?

• coal

• oil

• fossil fuels

Which fossil is used to produce gasoline, diesel, lubricants and plastics?

• coal

• oil

• fossil fuels