Natural Resources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Diamonds and other minerals

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil
• Water, wind, sun, plants
• Minerals, sun, natural gas, water

Which of these is renewable?

• Water
• Oil
• Coal
• Minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is a nonrenewable resource.

• True
• False

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

A resource that can be easily replaced...

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable

The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4