Natural Resources

material or substance that exists on Earth and is necessary/useful to humans

• Natural Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Fossil Fuels

natural deposits of inorganic material

• Mineral Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

natural resource formed millions of years ago from remains of plants and animals

• Aquifer

• Fossil Fuels

• Mineral Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

porous rocks where water is stored

• Aquifer

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Groundwater

supply is limited and more cannot be formed fast enough to what we need

• Natural Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Fossil Fuels

materials that are replenished in a shorter period of time

• Natural Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Minerals

Development of minerals, fossil fuels, and groundwater depend on the

• Time

• Depth

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Tectonic Plate Movement

Coal is formed from decomposition and compaction of...

• Trees and Other Plants

• Marine Organisms

• Plants and Animals

• Minerals

Oil/Natural Gas is formed from burial and compaction of

• Marine Organisms

• Trees and Other Plants

• Plants and Animals

• Minerals

_______ affects distribution of minerals

• Tectonic plate movement

• Time

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Condition of Depth