Natural Resources

5. ______ consumption of products.
8. This energy is captured by and converted into electricity.
9. Technological development can discover more _______ uses of natural resources so that environmental footprint can be reduced.
10. Turns used materials into new and useful ones.
12. Management and use of a resource or an environment in a responsible and efficient way
13. Materials that replenish naturally, more or less within the same time period they are used.

1. Reduces the need to buy new ones.
2. A resource is a material that is identified by people to be _______.
3. ________ and technology which shapes our views on whether a material or object is useful
4. Converts waste we produce into useful materials.
6. _______-fuels takes millions of years to form.
7. Availability of renewable resources is considered to be _________.
8. Meeting the needs to the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
11. ___-renewable resources may or may not replenish naturally or it takes a long time to replenish.