Natural Resources Vocabulary

A useful material that is replaced quickly in nature

• pollution

• conservation

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

to use something more than once

• conservation

• reuse

• reduce

• recycle

a source of energy made from the remains of ancient, once-living things

• Renewable Resource

• Alternative Energy Source

• Pollution

• Fossil Fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

making an item into a new product

• recycle

• reduce

• mineral resource

• nonrenewable resource

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

something that is found in nature that is valuable to humans

• nonrenewable resource

• mineral resource

• natural resource

• alternative energy source

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the act of saving, protecting, or using resources wisely

• conservation

• pollution

• reduce

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a natural material or source of energy that is useful to people and cannot be replaced easily

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• alternative energy source

• pollution

to lesson the amount something is used

• recycle

• conservation

• reduce

• alternate energy source

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

valuable materials found in the Earth's crust

• mineral resource

• fossil fuels

• pollution

• renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

harmful or unwanted material that has been added to the environment

• fossil fuel

• renewable resource

• pollution

• conservation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3