Distribution and Depletion of Earth’s Resources

What is a Natural Resourse?

• Relating to the study of the earth’s physical structure and substance

• Part of the environment that supplies material useful or necessary for the survival of living things

• A natural occurrence of a useful mineral laid down through natural processes

• Naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties

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What is Nonrenewable resource?

• Crust of the earth broken into many pieces that slides upon a semi-molten layer of rock

• A natural occurrence of a useful mineral laid down through natural processes 

• A resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes

• A resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes

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What is a Renewable Resource?

• A resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used 

• Material consisting of rocks and minerals deposited by water, wind or glaciers

• The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

• The arrangement of the natural and artificial features of an area

What is Fossil Fuel?

• The process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth

• Consists of any living or dead animal or plant material

• Non-renewable energy sources such as coal, coal products, natural gas, and oil used to produce energy

• Flammable gas, consisting of methane and hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground and used as fuel

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What Is a Deposit?

• Water mixing with dissolved minerals, picking up elements that crystallize and become dissolved solids after water dries

• The process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth

• The area where one plate slides under another plate 

• A natural occurrence of a useful mineral laid down through natural processes 

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What are Tectonic Plates?

• Crust of the earth broken into many pieces that slides upon a semi-molten layer of rock

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• Removing useful materials from the earth 

• The accumulation of minerals in fractures and cavities resulting from the circulation of hot water in the earth’s crust

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What is Organic Matter?

• Material consisting of rocks and minerals deposited by water, wind or glaciers

• The arrangement of the natural and artificial features of an area

• Consists of any living or dead animal or plant material

• The measure of the ability of water to flow through rock and sediment

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What is Geological?

• Relating to the study of the earth’s physical structure and substance 

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• The process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth

• Crust of the earth broken into many pieces that slides upon a semi-molten layer of rock

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What is Natural Gas?

• Non-renewable energy sources such as coal, coal products, natural gas, and oil used to produce energy 

• Naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties

• Flammable gas, consisting of methane and hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground and used as fuel

• A mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water and air

What is Extraction?

• Relating to the study of the earth’s physical structure and substance

• Removing useful materials from the earth 

• The process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth

• The area where one plate slides under another plate 

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