Renewable And Non-Renewable Resources

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Precipitation that does not soak into the ground but runs into the nearest stream

Back 1

Surface runoff

Front 2

Nutrients, chemicals, pesticides or other such contaminants, are washed into a lower layer of soil or are dissolved and carried away by water

Back 2

Leaching

Front 3

Can replace itself within 100 years

Back 3

Renewable

Front 4

Materials that are collected, processed and re-manufactured into new products

Back 4

Recycling

Front 5

Cannot be replaced or takes hundreds of years to do so

Back 5

Non-renewable

Front 6

Materials found in nature that humans can use

Back 6

Natural resources

Front 7

Energy from the sun that travels through space and can be used for heat and electricity

Back 7

Solar Energy

Front 8

Water that exists almost everywhere beneath the earth's surface in tiny spaces between soil and rock

Back 8

Groundwater

Front 9

All living plants and animals in one habitat and their interactions

Back 9

Ecosystem

Front 10

Harmful materials released into the air, water and soil

Back 10

Pollution

Front 11

Name the 2 types of mines

Back 11

underground
open pit/surface

Front 12

What type of mines are deep beneath the Earth?

Back 12

Gold

Front 13

An example of a fossil fuel in British Columbia

Back 13

Natural Gas

Front 14

What is produced by ancient plants and animals from many millions of years ago?

Back 14

Fossil Fuels like oil and natural gas

Front 15

How is coal removed from rocks underneath the Earth's surface?

Back 15

It is extracted

Front 16

Selective logging is an example of what kind of forest practice?

Back 16

Good

Front 17

Clear-cutting is an example of what kind of forest practice?

Back 17

Bad

Front 18

For every large tree that is cut down in the forest, 3 or 4 of these need to be planted to replace them.

Back 18

Saplings

Front 19

What is an example of a renewable resource?

Back 19

Water

Front 20

What is an example of a non-renewable resource?

Back 20

Oil