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Resources and Energy
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Question | Answer |
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renewable resources | can be replaced within a human lifetime |
nonrenewable resources | takes thousands or millions of years to replace |
reuse | can be used over and over again |
natural resource | can be found in nature and used by living things |
coal | burned to make electricity |
geothermal | heat found within the Earth |
biomass | comes from living things or things that were once alive |
recycle | broken down and made into something new |
reduce | to use less |
conservation | to carefully use resources |
energy | needed for change to occur |
pollution | anything found in the environment that his harmful |