Natural Resources Vocabulary

Materials in the environment that are useful to people

• Resources

• Renewable

• Reduce

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

To bring down to a smaller amount

• Resources

• Recycle

• Reduce

• Conserve

Resources that nature cannot replace quickly enough to meet people's needs.

• Renewable

• Recycle

• Non-Renewable

• Conserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

To protect and use natural resources wisely

• Reduce

• Recycle

• Non-Renewable

• Conserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

To process waste items so the materials they are made of can be used to make new items.

• Reduce

• Recycle

• Non-Renewable

• Conserve

A fuel that forms from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals.

• Reduce

• Fossil Fuels

• Non-Renewable

• Renewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Resources that nature produces again and again.

• Reduce

• Fossil Fuels

• Non-Renewable

• Renewable