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Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because of - 

• Where they come from

• How they are produced 

• How useful they are 

• How long they take to form 

Coal is formed from...

• The remains of ancient forests and swamps

• Ancient ocean life

• Dead dinosaurs

• Options 1 and 2

A type of rock that contains sufficient minerals with important elements including metals that can be economically extracted from the rock.

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Metal Ore

• Renewable Resource

• Consumption

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What fossil fuel is in the image?

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

Formed from dead marine organisms

• Oil and Natural Gas

• Coal

• Fossil Fuels

Natural resources are

• renewable.

• nonrenewable.

• resources that exist without actions of humankind. 

• resources produced by humans from using biotic and abiotic factors found in nature.

Which of the following is NOT a Natural Resource?

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Plastic

• Water

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Nonrenewable resources

• can be replenished.

• cannot be replenished.

• are not limited.

• are not fossil fuels.

How does population growth affect natural resources?

• The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.

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Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource