Chapter 10 Science Vocab

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Material in nature useful to humans

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Natural Resource

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Capable of being replenished or replaced

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Renewable

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Removing salt from seawater for freshwater

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desalination

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Not capable of being replenished or replaced within a sufficient period.

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nonrenewable

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Solid fossil fuel from decomposed plants

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coal

Front

Crude oil, a liquid fossil fuel from microscopic organisms.

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petroleum

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A compound of hydrogen and carbon

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hydrocarbon

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Mixture of methane and gases from decomposed marine organisms

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natural gas

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A moldable substance that reflects light and conducts heat and electricity.

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Metal

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A naturally occurring rock from which useful metals or minerals can be extracted.

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