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Natural Resources By James Wilson
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Types of Natural Resources Renewable Renewable Non-renewable Non-renewable Inexhaustible Inexhaustible
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Renewable Resources that can be replaced through natural process during a typical lifetime. Resources that can be replaced through natural process during a typical lifetime. –Trees –Crops –Soil –Seafood
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Lumber, fishing, and farming resources
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Non-renewable Resources that cannot be replaced once they have been removed from the ground or take a very long time to replenish. Resources that cannot be replaced once they have been removed from the ground or take a very long time to replenish. –Metals Gold Gold –Non-metals Limestone Limestone –Fossil fuels coal coal
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Coal Deposits in the U.S.
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Oil Producing Countries of the World
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Inexhaustible Resources used for power that are unlimited in quantity Resources used for power that are unlimited in quantity –Solar radiation –Geothermal heat –Wind –Tides
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Solar, water, and wind energy
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For further information Natural Resources Research Information Pages: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ Natural Resources Weblinks http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
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Bibliography Wikipedia. All pictures taken from www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia. All pictures taken from www.wikipedia.com www.wikipedia.com Littell, McDougal. World Geography, Economic Geography. PDF file. Littell, McDougal. World Geography, Economic Geography. PDF file.
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