Natural Resources and Conservation

A resource is considered renewable if it -

• can be created only over millions of years

• is made of Earths’ materials like rocks and minerals

• can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time

• is useful to humans in making energy and materials

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Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

• Paper

• Coal

• Milk

• Water

Why is water classified as a renewable rather than a nonrenewable resource? Water is classified as renewable because it -

• is constantly replaced

• is important to all life

• can be frozen into ice

• evaporates into the air

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Fossil fuels form when organic matter is buried and then exposed to heat and pressure for millions of years. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable resources because they –

• take a long time to form

• are used to produce heat

• form from organic matter

• can be found underground

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

• True

• False

Match the following

• Nonrenewable

• 
• Conservation

• 
• Renewable

• 

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

• electricity
• renewable
• water
• non renewable

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Match the following

• Renewable

• 
• Non renewable

• 
• conservation

• 

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Match the following

• 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

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

• Conservation

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