Natural Resources

Why are trees a natural resource?

• The leaves are green
• We use them to make paper, lumber, and other products.
• They are beautiful
• They grow back after they are cut down.

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What is a resource?

• something we can take
• something we can find
• something we can use
• something we can give

Water is 

• renewable
• nonrenewable

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Coal is

• renewable
• nonrenewable

Any valuable material of geologic origin that can be extracted from the earth

• fossil resources
• carbon resources
• natural resources
• renewable resources

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Are replaced through natural processes at a rate that is equal to or greater than the rate at which they are used, and depletion 

• Renewable
• nonrenewable

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Are exhaustible and are extracted faster than the rate at which they formed

• Renewable
• nonrenewable

Residents of these countries consume fewer goods, generally have a more moderate standard of living and have less cash/influence to buy/lease equipment.

• Developed
• Developing
• Under Develped

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

 Formed from the decayed remains of land plants in a swamp

• oil 
• natural gas
• coal

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource

• iPads

• Trees

• Wind

• Fossil fuels

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