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What are Natural Resources? |
Natural Resources include organisms, water, sunlight, minerals, and oil |
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Renewable Resources |
Either always available or is naturally replaced in a short amount of time |
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Nonrenewable resources |
Resources that are not replaced in a useful time frame |
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Why are natural resources important |
Humans depend on earths natural resources for survival and for development |
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How people use resources |
Not all resources are equally available in all parts of the world wood is main fuel, not coal or oil in some areas |
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sustainable use |
A resource means using it in ways of time |
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Ecological footprint |
The amount go land and water that individuals use to meet their resource needs and absorb the waste they produce |
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Conservation |
The practice of managing the use of resources wisely so the resource last longer |
