ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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Something that is always renewed from the Earth’s natural cycles
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A substance from the environment that we find economically feasible to extract and socially acceptable to use.
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Something that is always not renewed from the Earth’s natural cycles
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Always spread evenly across the Earth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Natural resources are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people’s needs. Any natural substance that humans use can be considered a natural resource. Oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone and sand are natural resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental resources include: subsoil resources (mineral and energy), soil resources, biological resources, water resources and land. They can be naturally renewable (timber, water) or non-renewable (minerals).
Detailed explanation-3: -The extraction of resources refers to the withdrawing of materials from the environment for human use, including fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal), rocks and minerals, biomass via deforestation and fishing and hunting, and water.