Natural Resource Distribution 2022

This resource is formed by tiny marine 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

This resource comes from land plants that died millions of years ago in a swamp. 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

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

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

• Copper
• Petroleum(Oil)

• Coal
• Natural gas

This resource supplies the largest share of the United States electricity, at almost 40%. It is also used to make steel, concrete, aspirins, soaps, carbon fiber, and more

• Natural gas
• Oil
• Copper
• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

There are large reserves in this resource in Canada, Saudi Arabia(Middle East) and Russia

• Coal
• Natural gas
• Oil
• Copper

The United States, Europe, Russia and Australia have large reserves of this resource

• Coal
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Gold

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• takes humdreds of millions of years to replace

• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use