NONRENEWABLE AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES

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NONRENEWABLE ANDRENEWABLERESOURCES
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HMMMM....

• What do you think nonrenewable resources are?
• Break it down...
• Nonrenewable?
• Resource?

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NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES

• A nonrenewable resource is a natural resource
  that cannot be re-made or re-grown at a scale
  comparable to its consumption.

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Nonrenewable Resource

• Soil

• Soil takes years to replenish. The truth is that
  it takes the Earth 500 years to produce 1 inch of
  soil.

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Rocks cannot be replaced in our lifetime.

• Rocks

• Rocks are created after years of weathered rocks
  compact and cement.

• Rocks are a resource because we use rocks like
  granite, slate,

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COAL, PETROLEUM, AND GAS

• Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are considered
  nonrenewable because they can not be replenished
  in a short period of time. These are called
  fossil fuels.

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HOW IS COAL MADE ???
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HOW ARE OIL AND GAS MADE ???
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WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COAL AND OIL/GAS?
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Metals are Nonrenewable Resources

• gold

• Aluminum

• tin

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HMMMM....

• If nonrenewable resources are resources that
  cannot be re-made at a scale comparable to its
  consumption, what are renewable resources?

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RENEWABLE RESOURCES

• Renewable resources are natural resources that
  can be replenished in a short period of time.
• ? Solar ? Wind ? Water

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Plants and Trees-Can be replaced

• Fruit trees

• Corn

wheat
watermelon
Cotton plants
evergreen
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Animals are renewable because they can
reproduce-products produced food, wool, leather
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SUMMARY

• What are the differences between nonrenewable and
  renewable resources?