Natural Resources 1
A material or substance found in nature and used by humans.
What is a natural resource?
A natural resource that formed million of years ago.
What is a fossil fuel?
A theory says Earth is made up of plates that move.
What is plate tectonics?
The thin outer shell of the Earth.
What is Earth's crust?
A process that forms and changes rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
A natural resource that is unlikely to run out, capable of being replaced or restored as quickly as it is used
What is a renewable resource?
A type of fossil fuel.
What is coal, oil, or natural gas?
The edge where two tectonic plates meet.
What is a plate boundary?
Forms when magma rises and breaks through a surface.
What is a volcano?
When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by wind or rain.
What is weathering?
A renewable resource used for making paper, furniture, and houses.
What are trees?
A natural resource that is unable to be restored, replaced, or made new again once it is used.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A piece of the Earth's crust that sits on and moves over the Earth's mantle.
What is a tectonic plate?
A break or weakness in the Earth's crust, where movement often happens.
What is a fault?
When pieces of weathered rock are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
A renewable resource created by the Sun.
What is solar energy?
A fuel formed in the Earth from plant or animal remains.
What is a fossil fuel?
This occurs when two plate slide past each other.
What is an earthquake?
An elevated part of the Earth's crust caused when two plates collide.
What is a mountain?
A large amount of rock or soil that moves down a hill.
What is a landslide?
Energy that does not pollute the atmosphere.
What is clean energy?
A nonrenewal resource that contributes to global warming.
What is a fossil fuel (natural gas, coal, crude oil)?
Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
What is a tsunami?
This forms when two tectonic plates spread apart and there is a famous one in Africa.
What is a rift valley?
A hard black rock formed from cooled lava.
What is obsidian?