Natural Resources

Conservation is

• The protection of resources and avoidance of wasteful and destructive use.

• resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetim

• Materials from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

True or False: Renewable Resources include air, plants, water, and animals, which are generally replaceable within a lifetime.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Match the following

• Nonrenewable

• 
• Renewable

• 
• Conservation

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Air can be used to make​ ​ (a)   which is a ​ (b)   resource.

• electricity
• renewable
• water
• non renewable

Match the following

• Renewable

• 
• Non renewable

• 
• conservation

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following

• resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime

• Conservation

• The protection of resources and avoidance of wasteful and destructive use.

• Non renewable

• Materials from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time

• Renewable

Fossil fuels include coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil Fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they....

• take millions of years to be replaced

• require expensive equipment

• can be found all over Earth's surface

• provide much of the energy we use

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• water

• oxygen

• oil

• wood

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What characteristic to all renewable resources share?

• produced by dead animals

• replaced in a reasonably short amount of time (less than 100 years)

• replaced in a million years.

A resource that we can use more than once is called a _____ resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Reusable

• Recyclable