Earth's Natural Resources

MATERIALS or substances that OCCUR IN NATURE, found in the earth that people need and use as energy are -

• Metal

• Plastics

• Natural RESOURCES

• Fabrics

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To DECREASE THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES in order to SAVE them -

• WASTE

• CONSERVATION

• RECYCLE

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A NATURAL RESOURCE that is NOT REPLACED IN A useful TIME FRAME. These include fossil fuels.

• RENEWABLE resources

• NONRENEWABLE resources

• FOSSIL FUELS

• SEDIMENTARY ROCK

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Rocks are __________________.

• Manmade resources

• Natural Resoures

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What would coal be considered?

• Renewable

• Non-Renewable

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Coal

• Crops

• Natural gas

Fossil fuels include coal, oil and natural gas. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they -

• take millions of years to be replaced

• require expensive equipment

• can be found all over Earth’s surface

• provide much of the energy we use

Nonrenewable resources - Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are formed from ancient remains of plants and animals.

• SOLAR ENERGY

• WIND

• FOSSIL FUEL

• BIOFUEL

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• Water

• Oxygen

• Wood

• Oil

One advantage of solar and wind power over fossil fuels is that

• wind and solar are presently much less expensive than fossil fuels.

• wind and solar come from natural processes and fossil fuels do not.

• wind and solar are nonrenewable resources and fossil fuel are renewable.

• wind and solar are continuously renewable and fossil fuels take millions of years to be formed.