SWA Natural Resources

2. Any one of several nonrenewable resources created from the remains of plants and animals.
3. A natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used (trees, water.
6. Having the people of an area/region closely compacted together; crowded or thick.
12. Any useful material found in the environment.
13. Shortage; when there is not enough of something.
15. The process of bringing water to land to assist in the production of crops.
16. Average number of people living in a square mile of a region.
17. Small particles of rich soil carried by flooding waters.

1. A resource that cannot be replaced once it is used; they include fossil fuels such as coal and oil, and minerals such as iron, copper, and gold.
4. The act of producing; the act of making or manufacturing.
5. A resource that cycles through natural processes in the environment (water, nitrogen, carbon)
7. Occurs when a population has outgrown an area’s resources, such as land and water.
8. To divide and give out shares or portions; to pass out or deliver.
9. A lot of something.
10. Process of removing salt from seawater for drinking.
11. A resource or material that is still in its natural state, before being processed or manufactured into a useful product.
14. The act of consuming; the using up of goods and services.