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A ___________ resource that can be replenished or reproduced within a short period of time.
renewable
What are three types of fossil fuels?
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
Because they take so long to form, ________ resources are considered irreplaceable. Once we use them, they are essentially gone.
nonrenewable
What is a natural resource?
A living or nonliving part of nature that supports human life
Why are natural resources important?
They provide the raw materials and energy needed for food, shelter, technology, and industry
What determines where certain organisms live ?
Climate
How long does it take for fossil fuels to form?
What is millions of years?
Where is copper commonly found below sea-level
Hydrothermal vents
Where is most of Earth’s freshwater stored?
Glaciers and ice caps
Renewable or Nonrenewable
Nuclear particles
The distribution of mineral resources (copper, aluminum, iron, etc.) around the globe is mostly determined
by place tectonics
Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable?
What is they form much slower than they are used?
How are natural resources distributed?
Unevenly
igneous / volcanic
plate tectonics
If natural gas is found near oil, where else might you predict finding natural gas?
In areas with ancient marine deposits
What kind of environment led to coal formation?
What are ancient swamps?
Why is understanding Earth's past climate important for predicting where fossil fuels are located today?
Fossil fuels form from the remains of ancient organisms
What can you infer about regions with high volcanic activity based on copper distribution patterns?
They likely contain significant copper deposits
Copper is found in igneous rock formed by magma cooling. What does this reveal about copper deposits?
Copper forms in areas of past volcanic activity
If a region has abundant oil reserves, what can you infer about its ancient geological history?
It contained ancient marine environments
What geologic process forms oil deposits?
What is the burial of marine organisms under sediment and heat/pressure?
Coal reserves are found where ancient swamps existed. What does this tell us about coal formation?
Coal requires organic material from specific ecosystems
Natural gas is often found near oil reserves. What does this suggest about their formation?
They form in similar geological conditions
If you discovered that a region had no oil reserves, what could you reasonably conclude about its past?
It lacked the conditions needed for oil formation