Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

resources that can regenerate if they are alive or can be replenished

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• sustainable development

• agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

resources that cannot be replenished by natural processes

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• sustainable development

• agriculture

What kind of resource is a tree?​ (a)  

• renewable resource
• nonrenewable resource

Match the following

• nonrenewable resource

• Trees

• nonrenewable resource

• Natural Gas

• nonrenewable resource

• Oil

• renewable resource

• Coal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When a nonrenewable resource is depleted it is:

• replenished by biochemical cycles

• gone forever

the process of using natural resources without depleting them

• sustainable development

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Human activities affect the quality and quantity of renewable resources such as:

• land

• forests

• fisheries

• air

• fresh water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

If managed properly, soil is a _______ resource.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

this component of soil comes from dead organisms

• sand

• humus

• clay

• rock

Match the following

• the wearing away of surface soil

• desertification

• productive areas turned into deserts

• soil erosion

• fields plowed in a way to reduce erosion

• contour plowing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5