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Renewable & Non-Renewable Resources
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| natural resource | any energy source, organism, or substance found in nature that people use |
| renewable resources | trees, biomass, hydroelectric; resources that are sustainable because they can be replaced in nature at the same rate that it can be used |
| sustainable | regenerate |
| nonrenewable resources | nuclear energy, coal, oil, fossil fuels; resources that exist in a fixed amount or the supply will be used up faster than it can be replaced in nature |
| fossil fuels | coal, oil, natural gas; ancienct plants and animals buried deep in the Earth's crust for millions of years form this |
| inexhaustible resources | wind, solar, geothermal; resources that cannot run out |
| conservation | protecting, restoring, and managing natural resources so that they last as long as possible |
| source reduction | reducing waste before you purchase an item or purchasing items that are not wasteful in their packaging |
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