Natural Resources

Sedimentary rock formed from decayed plant material in swampy areas.

• Conglomerate

• Oil

• Shale

• Coal

Nonrenewable energy source such as coal, oil, & natural gas

• Fossil fuel

• Ore

• Reserve

• Renewable resource

Fossil fuel formed from marine organisms often found in folded or tilted layers and used for heating & cooking

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Wood

Amount of a fossil fuel that can be extracted from Earth at a profit

• Ore

• Abundance

• Reserve

• Oil

Liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms burned to obtain energy & used to manufacture plastics

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Corn

Electricity produced by water power using large dams in a river

• Geothermal energy

• Hydroelectric energy

• Wind farm

• Biomass

Alternate energy source based on splitting of heavy atoms into lighter ones & releasing energy

• Nuclear energy

• Geothermal energy

• Biomass

• Hydroelectric energy

Inexhaustible energy resource that uses hot magma or hot, dry rocks below earth

• Hydroelectric energy

• Nuclear energy

• Geothermal energy

• Biomass

Renewable energy derived from burning organic materials such as wood & alcohol

• Geothermal energy

• Hydroelectric energy

• Biomass

• Nuclear

The process of splitting atoms

• Fission

• Fusion

• Nuclear

• Biomass