Natural Resources
5.11C Earth Picture Vocabulary
Natural Resources
Earth materials that are useful and important to humans
Renewable Resource
Resources that nature can provide again and again in a relatively short
period of time
Nonrenewable Resource
Resources that nature cannot replace quick enough to meet people’s needs
Inexhaustible Resource
Resources that are never used up as they are being used
Fossil Fuels
Fuels formed millions of years ago from the remains of dead plants and animals,
including coal, oil, and natural gas
Hydropower
The capture of energy from moving water for a useful purpose;
an alternative energy source
Solar Energy
The process of obtaining useful energy from the sun via solar panels
Windmill
An engine powered by the wind designed to produce energy from
an inexhaustible source
