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Natural Resources

Natural Resources Natural Resources: materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain minerals, forests, water, and fertile land

Nonrenewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources is a resource that is used up faster than it can be replaced Examples: Metals (Au, Fe, Cu, etc.), Nonmetals (gravel, limestone, etc.) Energy sources (coal, oil, petroleum, nuclear energy)

Renewable Resources Renewable Resources can be replaced at a rate close to its rate of use or in an unlimited supply. Examples: oxygen, nitrogen (air), trees (lumber), water, solar energy

1. SOLAR Energy from the sun is converted into electricity Solar Panels, batteries, voltage invertors

2. GEOTHERMAL Energy from Earth’s heat. Drilling and piping of steam near volcanos and hot springs

3. WIND Energy from the wind. Wind mills and turbines

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4. WATER or HYDROELECTRIC Energy from the flow of water. Potential and Kinetic energies Fontanna Dam N.C. Mountians G.S.M.N.P.

5. BIOMASS Energy from burning organic or living matter. Corn and sugar cane

NC Forestry Resources Christmas Trees Variety of trees for timber

NC Agriculture Resources Field Crops Livestock Tobacco Hogs Cotton Cows Soybean Turkeys