resources

This resource is formed by tiny animals that died in the ocean millions of years ago. Layers of mud pressed down on the dead animals. The mud eventually turned to rock. This rock put a lot of pressure on the dead animals. Rocks around them also heated them up

• Oil
• Coal
• Iron
• Renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This resource comes from plants that died millions of years ago. Thick layers of rock and soil covered the dead plants. The pressure of the rocks and soil turned the plants into a solid

• Oil
• Copper
• Iron
• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This nonrenewable resource is formed over millions of years. Tiny dead animals are pressed down by mud and rocks. The pressure forms tiny bubbles of gas

• Renewable resource
• Carbon dioxide
• Natural gas
• Oil

Besides supplying 95% of the nation’s transportation fuel, this resource is used to make asphalt, aluminum, shampoo, cosmetics and much more

• Copper
• Petroleum
• Coal
• Natural gas

This resource supplies drinking water for 51% of the total U.S. population, and 99% of the rural population

• Rivers and lakes
• Oceans
• Groundwater
• Oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The water pipes in your house and the wiring in your walls use this resource

• Iron
• Copper
• Coal
• Lead

Sunlight

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Rocks and minerals

• Renewable resources
• Nonrenewable resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

There are large reserves in this resource in Canada, Saudi Arabia and Russia

• Coal
• Natural gas
• Oil
• Copper

Wind

• Renewable resource
• Nonrenewable resource