Unit 4 Vocab

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Resource

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.

Renewable Resource

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

Non-renewable resources

a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex. gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels)

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

Desertification

Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.

the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming

land suitable for growing crops

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

A fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and sulfur, also known as oil

of, relating to, or derived from living matter/containing carbon