Earth's Resources

What are natural resources?

• Natural resource that will not run out, no matter how much of it people use.

• Parts of the environment that supply materials useful or necessary for the survival of living things.

• Natural resources that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used.

• Natural resources that are being used up faster that they can be replaced by natural processes.

Why are minerals nonrenewable?

• Because some of them are rare.

• Because you find them on the crust.

• I don't know.

• Because a minerals take million of years to be created.

Do minerals are renewable resources?

• Yes

• No

Which are Inexhaustible Resources?

• Geothermal Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Minerals

• Wind Power

Do Solar Energy is a renewable resource?

• Yes

• No

What are Inexhaustible Resources?

• A natural resources that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used.

• A natural resources that are being used up faster that they can be replaced by natural processes.

• A natural resource that will not run out, no matter how much of it people use.

• Parts of the environment that supply materials useful or necessary for the survival of living things.

Which are nonrenewable resources?

• Forests

• Water

• Minerals

• Natural Gas

What type of resource is formed from decayed remains of organisms that died millions of years ago?

• Plastics

• Fossil Fuels

• Minerals

• Sediment

Which are Fossil Fuels?

• Coal

• Biomass

• Oil

• Natural Gas

Minerals are a _____ resource

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable