Resources
materials found in nature that are essential or useful to people
What is a natural resource?
Animal breathing out, plants making sugar and starch
Anything is alive or once was living
What are parts of the carbon cycle?
marshes, bogs, and swamps
what are wetlands?
He instructed humans to take care of the earth
Who is God?
the first plants to grow in an area in primary succession
lumber and paper products
What are resources from the forest?
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere, lightning, legumes, proteins
What are parts of the Nitrogen cycle?
Endangered Species Act
What is the ESA?
The perfect ecosystem before Adam and Eve sinned
What is the garden of Eden?
the gradual long-term change of plant species in an ecosystem
What is succession?
underground tunnels and open pit surface
What are mines?
evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration
What is the water cycle?
Prairie area of the middle midwest United States disappearing for use of farmland
What are grasslands?
Recycle, Reuse, Reduce
What are the three R's of taking care of the earth?
Primary and secondary
what are the two types of succession?
energy resources from moving water
what is hydroelectric power?
plants that fix nitrogen
What are legumes?
The huge wetland area of southern Florida that is slowly shrinking in size
What are the everglades?
making careful use of resources so they will last a long time
What is conservation?
150 years
How long can succession take to completely occur?
meat and leather coats
What are resources from animals?
bacteria and fungi that return Carbon and Nitrogen to the atmosphere
What are decomposers?
The most diverse ecosystem of the earth, located near the equator in moist areas that are slowly shrinking in size
What are the tropical rainforests?
coal, petroleum, and natural gas
what are fossil fuels?
oak and hickory trees
What are the last plants in complete succession?