F/C - 7th Grade - Natural Resources

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Part of the environment that supplies material useful or necessary for the survival of living things.

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natural resource

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a deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit.

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ore

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A resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used.

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renewable resource

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A resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes.

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nonrenewable resource

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The area where one plate slides under another plate

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Subduction zone

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a mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air.

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soil

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the measure of a rock's ability to hold water.

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porosity

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the measure of the ability of water to flow through rock and sediment

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permeability

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the process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth.

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mining

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occurs when groundwater is withdrawn from aquifers (naturally filter groundwater/removes substances from water) faster than natural recharge can replace it

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groundwater overdraft