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100

What is a natural resource that cannot be replaced as quickly as it is used?

Nonrenewable Resource

100

What is energy from the sun called?

Solar Power

100

What is a fossil fuel in the gaseous state?

Natural Gas


100

What is an artificial waterway?

Canal

100

What is the act of extracting materials from Earth?

Mining

200

What is a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which is it used?

Renewable Resource


200

What is power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind called?

Wind Power

200

What is a solid fossil fuel that forms underground from decomposed plant material?

Coal

200

What is a loose mixture of rock pieces, organic material, water and air called?

Soil
200

What is the thin layer of gases surrounding Earth?

Atmosphere

300

What are natural resources that people use for energy?

Energy Resources

300

What is electricity generated from the energy of moving water?

Hydropower

300

What is a liquid fossil fuel formed from dead marine animals?

Petroleum or Oil

300

What is a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater?

Aquifer

300

What is all the rock at and below Earth's surface called?

Geosphere

400

What are materials found in nature that are used by living things?

Natural Resources

400

What is energy gained from living things called?

Biomass or Biofuel

400

Nuclear power involves splitting of what atoms?

Uranium

400

What is a fertile spot in a desert where water is found?

Oasis

400

What is the most costly natural disaster in the United States?

Hurricane Katrina

500

What is a natural resource that humans use to make objects or consume?

Material Resource

500

What is energy derived from the heat in the interior of Earth?

Geothermal Energy

500

What are naturally occurring inorganic solids called?

Minerals

500

What is a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted?

Ore

500

How many national parks has Mr. Lagge been to?

15

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