Resources Vocabulary

Materials in the environment that are useful to people. (This includes ALL renewable and nonrenewable resources.)

• Natural Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

Natural resources that are constantly being recycled. Nature produces them again and again.

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

To use a smaller amount

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Conserve

To use wisely, without waste; protect from destruction

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Conserve

To process materials, such as paper, plastic, aluminum, steel, and glass, so they can be used to make new items

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Conserve

A fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, formed in the geological past from the decayed remains of ancient organisms, such as plants and animals.

• Fossil Fuels

• Thermal Energy

• Biochemicals

• Biofuels

To use again

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Conserve