| A | B |
|---|
| fossil fuel | oil, natural gas, and coal formed from the buried remains of marine organisms |
| solar energy | Eath's most important source of renewable energy |
| renewable resource | natural resources that can be recycled or replaced by nature in 100 years or less |
| reusable resource | resources that can be used over and over again in their original form |
| nonrenewable resource | natural resources that cannot be replaced by nature or are consumed faster than they can be replaced or recycled by natural means |
| energy resource | sum total of all renewable and nonrenewable materials used to produce energy |
| recylable resource | material that can be reprocessed and remanufactured into new items |
| tires, wiper blades | parts of a car made from rubber |
| bumper, wheel, body | parts of a car made from metals |
| parking light, steering wheel | parts of a car made from plastic |
| hydroelectric power plant | water flowing over a dam turning giant turbines generating electricity |
| photovoltaic cell | changes solar enegy to electricity |
| aluminum | the resource the is most recycled |
| glass | recycled material combined with asphalt used to pave streets |
| plastic bottles, glass, paper, plastic wrap, cardboard | materials used daily that can be recycled |
| clothing given away, reuse jars, boxes used for storage, cloth diapers | examples of reusing a natural resource |
