Natural Resources: Soil and Renewable/Nonrenewable

useful materials found naturally on the earth

• renewable resources

• natural resources

• nonrenewable resources

• fossil fuels

natural resources that can be replaced within a human lifetime.

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• conservation

• recycle

natural resources limited in supply that are not easily replaced and could one day be depleted

• renewable resources

• conservation

• nonrenewable resources

• recycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

nonrenewable resources formed by natural processes within the earth, burned for energy (coal, oil, & natural gas)

• fossil fuels

• conservation

• renewable resources

• recycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Protecting and using natural resources wisely to ensure we have enough for the future, include recycling, reusing and reducing.

• conservation

• recycle

• fossil fuels

• reuse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

to convert waste into reusable material.

• fossil fuels

• conservation

• recycle

• landfill

To use again or more than once

• reuse

• landfill

• deplete

• alternative energy

To limit or use less in amount.

• reduce

• landfill

• deplete

• alternative energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a place to dispose waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil.

• reuse

• landfill

• reduce

• recycle

to use up all of the resources

• landfill

• alternative energy

• deplete

• reduce

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4