Natural Resources

a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

• Geothermal

• renewable

• photovoltaic

• Fossil

is a body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater.

• Aquifer

• Bedrock

• Groundwater

• bank

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• epicenter

• fault

• fold

• aquifer

The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted

• Peat

• Ore

• Igneous Rock

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

• Respiration

• Chemosynthesis

• photosynthesis

• hydrocarbon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy.

• hydroelectric

• fission

• fossil fuel

• geothermal

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

a weak bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

• Covalent

• Photovoltaic

• hydrogen

• ionic

is a mass of mineral crystals, mineraloid particles or rock particles

• bedrock

• Aggregate

• Gangue

• Pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Bedrock

• Igneous

are organic materials produced in a renewable manner.

• Fossil Fuel

• Sustainable Yield

• Biomass Fuel

• Geothermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6