Natural Resources

what is a Mineral ?

• Resources provided by Earth, including air, water, land, all living organisms, nutrients, rocks and minerals.

• Naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure that forms from magma or from supersaturated solution.

• A type of conservation in which energy resources are used in the most productive ways.

• Involves global management of Earth's natural resources to ensure that current and future energy need will be met without harming the environment.

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what is Sustainable Energy?

• A type of conservation in which energy resources are used in the most productive ways.

• A process that reduces the amount of damage mining does to ecosystems is

• Involves global management of Earth's natural resources to ensure that current and future energy need will be met without harming the environment.

• a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals

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A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces.

The act of cutting down trees, can cause soil erosion?

• Planting more trees can prevent soil erosion
• Soil erosion is not affected by tree cutting
• Cutting down trees helps in soil conservation
• Cutting down trees exposes the soil to the elements, leading to soil erosion.

Agriculture

• Agriculture is only about raising livestock
• Agriculture involves cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.
• Agriculture involves mining minerals
• Agriculture is a form of transportation

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Agriculture

• A form of transportation
• A type of clothing
• A method of communication
• Farming

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Peat

• Peat is a type of rock formation.
• Peat is a type of fish found in the ocean.
• Peat is a term used in computer programming.
• Brownish-black material produced by partial decomposition of plant remains

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Natural Gas are?

• Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

• Renewable energy source
• A gas with high methane content, found along with various fossil fuels and is used as a fuel.

• Fossil fuel primarily composed of methane

Alternative Energy

• Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
• Nuclear energy
• Renewable sources like solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass energy.
• Biofuels made from non-renewable resources

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Fuel Cells

• Fuel cells are powered by wind energy.
• Fuel cells are made of glass.
• an electrochemical cell that uses replenishable substances such as hydrogen or oxygen or water to produce electricity

• Fuel cells are used for cooking food.

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