Natural Resources
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Natural Resource | any of the useful minerals and other materials that people take from the Earth
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Nonrenewable Resource | a resource that cannot be readily replaced once it is used; such as soil, rock, fossil fuel
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Renewable Resource | a resource that is replaced as it is used, such as trees and water.
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Reusable | a natural resource that is renewed by natural cycles and can be used more than once; an inexhaustible resource such as water and air
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Fossil Fuel | a fuel formed from the remains of once, living organisms; such as oil, natural gas, petroleum and coal
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Natural Gas | a gas, methane, usually found with petroleum
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Coal | is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is a non-renewable resource.
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Conservation | the saving or protection of resources
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Recycle | to recover a resource from an item and use the recovered resource to make a new item
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Recycling | the process of taking a resource from a product and making it into a new product
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Reduce | to cut down on the use of resources
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Reuse | to use items again; sometimes for a different purpose
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Sustainability | the ability to keep in existence or maintain
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Mineral | a natural, solid material with particles arranged in a repeating pattern. It is a non-renewable resource.
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Rock | a material made up of one or more minerals. It is a non-renewable resource.
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