Purty Rocks
natural resources
The purchase or use of things, including natural resources
consumption
Can be replaced or replenished faster than they are used up by human population.
Renewable
Petroleum, coal and natural gas
fossil fuels
digging a large hole
open pit mining
Removing large pieces of rock and breaking them into smaller pieces.
mining
Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way.
pattern
Resources cannot be replaced faster than they are used up by human population.
nonrenewable
Nonliving materials that are found naturally on Earth
minerals
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and erosion
Geological processes
Small pieces of Earth materials such as rocks and shells.
Sediments
Average amount of resources used per person.
per capita consumption
Areas containing significant amounts of a resource.
deposits
Products of a process that are of no use the the manufacturer and must be either disposed of as waster or recycled.
Byproducts
Characteristics that can be used to identify a resource.
properties
A rock layer that allows _______ to flow through it and collect is called an _______.
groundwater
aquifer
Any technology that provides information about an object that we cannot directly see.
Remote sensing
Best. Teacher. Ever.
Stop lying.
A rock that contains economically valuable concentrations of a metal or other minerals.
ore
3 = 13.3
4 = 10
5 = 8
Earth's crust is broken into large sections called _____, that are in constant motion that is called _________ and cause _______.
plates
plate tectonics
volcanoes, earthquakes
When sediments settle on top of each other, harden and are pressed together.
Sedimentary Rocks