Earth's Natural Resources

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Across
  1. 1. getting as much use as you can from something so it is not wasted
  2. 4. made of minerals
  3. 5. one or more of these make up rocks
  4. 9. type of resource that is not made fast enough to replace it when used
  5. 10. most of the land in the United States is ________, rather than forest
  6. 12. fill in the blank with another word, starting with r, that appropriately completes the jingle: "reduce. reuse, and ________"
  7. 13. type of resource that is found in nature, also used by humans
Down
  1. 2. to sort or put into groups
  2. 3. True of false: soil can take hundreds of years to form
  3. 6. type of resource that is made at least as quickly as it is used
  4. 7. there is more _______ than copper, gold, and iron in the United States
  5. 8. forest resources provide many important things. Two of the most important are food and ____________
  6. 11. this is a valuable resource mostly found in western United States