Science Flashcards: Earth's Resources

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Renewable resources

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Resources that can be naturally replaced relatively quickly as they are used

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Nonrenewable resources

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Resources that are not able to be replaced once they are used because of the time it takes for them to form

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Recycling

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The process of taking used material and changing it so that it can be used again in a new way

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Fossil Fuel

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Fuel that is created from organic material that lived millions of years ago; considered to be nonrenewable