Organic matter, such as plants, wood, and waste, that contains stored energy.

Rocks that form when sediments are compacted and cemented together.

Rocks that when the texture and composition of preexisting rocks change due to heat or pressure

A careful preservation and protection of something, such as natural resources.

The process by which one rock type changes into another rock type

The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or a gas.

A natural resource that can be used and replaced over a relatively short time.

Any naturally preserved evidence of life

A chemical reaction between oxygen and iron which causes rocks to have rust color

a nonrenewable energy resource that forms from the remains of once-living organisms

Matter composed of living or dead plants or animals

Rocks that form from the cooking of magma or lava

Natural resource that can not be replaced or can be replaced over thousands of years

Matter composed of something or three than that plants or animals either alive or dead

Any natural substance, organism, or energy from that living things use

the hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts; may include mineral crystals

A solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals or other materials

Magma that flows into the Earth’s surface