Natural Resources

6. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
8. Information used to support a statement from the text
9. is a renewable resource that uses the wind to create electricity
11. process such as weathering erosion and deposition change earths surface
12. a natural resource that produces a large amount of energy
14. uses the water stored in dams, as well as, flowing rivers to create electricity
17. rock like substance found naturally on earth.
18. a body of rock or sediment that holds groundwater
19. a nonrenewable fossil fuel used mostly by power plants
20. a mixture of hydrocarbons that formed from plants and animals

1. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
2. earth's resources are concentrated in a specific area because of geoscience processes
3. energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
4. a statement that is made and can be supported by evidence
5. a resource of which there is an endless supply because it can be replenished
7. resources that will run out or will not replenish in our lifetime
10. the clearing of forested land
13. is the heat energy from Earth
15. organic material that comes from plants and animals
16. occurs deep beneath the Earth's surface and consists mainly of methane