What are natural resources?

• Synthetic materials created in laboratories

• Materials and energy from the environment that living things use to meet their needs

• Man-made products used for daily activities

• Chemicals used for industrial processes

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Identify three energy resources.

• the sun

• moving air and water

• soil

• rocks

• fossil fuels

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What are fossil fuels?

• Fuels such as oil and coal that are formed over millions of years

• Fuels that are abundant and easily replaceable

• Fuels derived from renewable resources

• Fuels created through artificial processes

How do humans depend on land resources?

• To grow crops, harvest wood, and mine minerals

• To provide power for lights, computers, and appliances

• living space

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What are ores?

• Deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for a profit

• Chemicals used for industrial processes

• Synthetic materials created in laboratories

• Fuels derived from renewable resources

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What are renewable resources?

• Natural resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced by natural processes

• Natural resources that form slowly over thousands or millions of years

• Natural resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

• Natural resources that occur only rarely in Earth's history

What are nonrenewable resources?

• Natural resources that form slowly over thousands or millions of years

• Natural resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced by natural processes

• Natural resources that occur only rarely in Earth's history

• Natural resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

How long will natural resources be around?

• There is an unlimited supply of natural resources

• Natural resources will eventually run out if used faster than they form

• Nonrenewable resources are constantly renewed by natural cycles

• Natural resources can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Renewable

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(b) Nonrenewable

• land

• water

• solar energy

• uranium

• oil

• coal

• chickens

• wind energy

• geothermal energy

• trees

• plastic

• natural gas

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Match the following

• humans use mineral resources

• manufacturing to build cars, computers, etc

• living things need water

• main component of blood

• living things need land

• habitat

• keeps humans warm in the winter

• electricity

• living things need air

• release chemical energy from food

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