Natural Resources

A natural resource that can be replaced within a reasonable amount of time.

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Resource

• Deposition

A natural resource that cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time.

• Conservation

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Deposition

The breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.

• Deposition

• Fossil fuels

• Weathering

• Erosion

The process of moving weathered rock and sediment from one place to another.

• Soil

• Resource

• Weathering

• Erosion

The dropping or settling of eroded materials by wind, water or ice.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Resource

A mixture of water, air, tiny pieces of rock, and humus.

• Fossil fuel

• Soil

• Deposition

• Renewable resource

Natural fuels formed from decayed animals and plants long ago. They include coal, oil, and natural gas.

• Erosion

• Conservation

• Soil

• Fossil fuels

The use of less of something to make its supply last longer.

• Conservation

• Fossil fuel

• Erosion

• Resource

Which of the following would you classify as two of Earth's renewable resources?

• air and oil

• animals and air

• oil and natural gas

• water and natural gas

Which is an example of deposition from ice?

• Ice breaks apart rocks

• Water carries away pieces of floating ice

• Wind carries away pieces of rock and ice

• Glaciers drop rocks and sediment as they melt