Resources

Materials from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time; for example, trees

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Plant

• Animal

A type of living thing that gets its energy from the Sun and is unable to move from place to place on its own

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Plant

• Animal

A living thing that can move on its own and that gets its energy from food

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Plant

• Animal

Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime (coal, oil, natural gas, rocks, and minerals)

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Plant

• Animal

A nonrenewable natural resource produced from the remains of organisms buried under layers of sediments for millions of years

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Conserve

A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from remains of marine organisms buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Conserve

To prevent the loss of something

• Coal

• Disposal

• Natural Gas

• Conserve

The act of getting rid of something or throwing it away

• Coal

• Disposal

• Natural Gas

• Conserve

To properly dispose of used resources so they can be reprocessed into new products

• Solar Energy

• Disposal

• Recycle

• Conserve

Energy that comes directly from the Sun and is converted to usable energy; a renewable resource

• Solar Energy

• Disposal

• Recycle

• Conserve