Earths Resources Flashcards
1
Q
Natural resource
A
Parts of the environment that supply materials useful or necessary for the survival of living things.
2
Q
Non-renewable resource
A
Natural resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced by natural process.
3
Q
Renewable resource
A
Natural resources that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used.
4
Q
Inexhaustible resource
A
Natural resource that will not run out, no matter how much of it people use.
5
Q
Geothermal energy
A
Thermal energy from within earth.
