Natural Resources 2
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- A resource that can be replaced in time
- renewable resourses
- Examples of natural resources
- forest, water, air, sunlight, minerals, metals, chemicals, fossil fuels
- a compund that contains hydrogen and carbon
- hydrocarbon
- Energy captured from the suns radiant energy
- solar energy
- burning fossil fuels damage the enviroment because they create
- smog, acid rain, global warming, mines damage habitats
- 3 examples of fossil fuels
- petroleum, natural gas, coal
- A liquid fossil fuel crude oil
- petrolueum
- The type of energy relating to plants anf their ability to store the suns energy
- Biomass
- Energy caused by the uneaven heating of earths surface and atmosphere
- Wind energy
- any material from the earth that can be used in some way by people
- Natural resource
- Examples of nonrenewable resources
- Fossil fuels, minerals, nuclear energy
- Energy from moving or falling water
- hydropower
- examples of renewable resources
- solar energy, wind power, hydropower, biomass, geothermal energy
- Formed from the bodies of once living organisms
- Fossil fuels
- A solid fossil fuel
- coal
- A gaseous fossil fuel
- natrural gas
- A resource that cannot be replaced or can be replaced slowly over millions of years
- Nonrenewable resources