Natural Resources and Energy

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Natural Resources

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Materials from Earth that are available for our use, such as water, gold, trees, and air.

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Renewable Resource

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A resource that can be replaced by natural means in a relatively short amount of time.

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Nonrenewable Resource

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A resource that cannot be replaced easily and is available in limited quantities (exhaustible).

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Petroleum (Crude Oil)

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A liquid form of fossil fuel, meaning "liquid rock". It is refined to make products like gasoline, kerosene, and plastics.

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Refinery

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A factory that separates crude oil into different, usable products.

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Stewardship

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The responsibility to take good care of the earth and the resources God has provided.

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Nonrenewable resources cannot be replenished easily or in a human lifetime.

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Fossil fuels are the primary source of energy today and are nonrenewable.

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Crude oil must be pumped out of the ground and sent to a refinery.

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Solar energy comes from the sun and is converted into electricity.

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