7th Grade: Topic 6-Distribution of Natural Resources

Anything occurring naturally in the environment that living organisms use

• Inorganic material
• Natural Resources

• Man-made substances
• Synthetic matter

Resources that cannot be replaced or takes millions of years to replenish

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Hydropower
• Nuclear energy
• Renewable energy

The energy-rich substances made from the preserved remains of organisms

• Biofuels
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable energy
• Nuclear power

The splitting of an atom's nucleus into two nuclei

• Atomic fusion
• Nuclear fission
• Nuclear fusion
• Nuclear fusion

An energy resource that is replaced by nature and cannot run out

• Wind energy
• Hydropower
• Geothermal energy
• Renewable Resources

Large mineral deposits that are valuable enough to be extracted from the ground

• Mineral reserves
• Metallic deposits
• Gemstone caches
• Ore

When minerals in a solution form a new mineral formation usually within bodies of water or underground

• Crystalize

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Sublimation

The process in which salt and minerals are removed from salt water to make fresh water

• Desalination
• Mineral separation
• Salt extraction
• Desalting

Which of the following is considered a nonrenewable resource?

• Solar
• Wind
• Natural Gas
• Water

Which of the following is NOT an effect of our growing population's use of fossil fuels?

• The distribution of these resources is changing

• The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing

• The resources are now being replaced faster than they are being used

• Political conflicts occur over control of these resources