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- 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
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- 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