Natural Resources

The process of saving or protecting a natural resource

Heat energy that originates from in the Earth and drives movement of Earth's tectonic Plates

A resource that has a fixed amount or is used up more quickly than it can be replaced in nature

Any type of matter or energy from Earth's environment that human use to meet their needs

Organic matter that contains stored energy from sunlight and that can be burned as fuel.

The reusing of materials that people would otherwise throw away.Ex: paper, plastic, glass

A natural resource that can be replace in nature at about the same rate as it is used

Fuels that form from the remains of prehistoric organisms that are burned for energy

Electricity that is generated by the conversion of the energy of moving water