Resources in Earth's Systems

fossil fuel

• the remains or traces of an organism from a past geologic age

• a substance that is used for energy

• a type of fuel that forms from the ancient remains of decomposed plants and animals

• formed from the compacting and cementing of sediments

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The definition of natural resources is____

• living and nonliving things found on Earth that people need.

• anything that has mass and takes up space.

• the ability to do work.

• a push or a pull.

If a natural resource is renewable, it _____

• will run out.

• will NOT run out.

• can be eaten.

• is a turbine.

If a resource is nonrenewable, it ___

• is a house.

• is green.

• will run out.

• will NOT run out.

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Choose an example of how nonrenewable resources can be used up.

• Mining for coal and using it to heat homes

• Rainwater collecting in a barrel

• Sun rays being changed into solar energy

• Planting plants to create more oxygen

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Fossil fuels are created from ____.

• soil

• water

• air

• fossils

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What is a fossil?

• A living tree

• Gas we pump into our cars.

• Remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• The food I didn't eat at lunch.

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Fossil Fuels consist of _____.

• coal, oil, and nuts

• candy, oil, and natural gas

• coal, oceans, and natural gas

• coal, oil, and natural gas

Nonrenewable resources are ______.

• soil

• water

• fossil fuels

• air

What must we do in order to save natural resources?

• Take care of them.

• Use them all quickly.

• Make more of them.

• Let other people worry about it.

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