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NATURAL RESOURCES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - FOOD AND FIBER
        
        can be harvested or raised indefinitely.
      - SOIL
        
        mixture of living organisms and dirt.
        
        the rate at which soil can regenerate depends on the climate of an area.
      - WIND
        
        an inexhaustible resource caused by the uneven heating of the Earth.
        
        activates the giant wind turbines that produce electricity.
      - SUNLIGHT
        
        an inexhaustible resource that supports all the life on Earth
        
        can be used to heat buildings and water, and provide electricity.
      - WATER
        
        constantly renewed by the water cycle.
        
        essential for life and habitat for aquatic life.
        
        stored behind dams and can be turned into electricity.
      - BIOMASS FUELS
        
        contains stored solar energy
        
        wood, plants, animal residues, etc.
      - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
        
        the heat generated deep within the Earth.
        
        fueled by the decay of radioactive elements.
        
        used to heat water.
  - - - ORES
        
        valuable metals and nonmetals that can be recovered for profit.
        
        METALLIC: gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, etc.
        
        NONMETALLIC: salt, sand, gravel, clay, diamonds, gemstones, etc.
      - FOSSIL FUELS
        
        COAL
        
        remains of wetland plants that have been compressed over millions of years.
        
        PEAT
        
        black, brown, or yellowish-brown sedimentary rock which, when dry, consists of over 50% organic substances.
        
        most of it goes to seed farms to propagate seedlings for forests, parks, and gardens.
        
        sometimes extracted for commercial purposes; to produce tons of air-dry peat.
        
        PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
        
        typically found in underground formations called traps; natural gas trapped on top and oil on the bottom.
        
        these are the remains of mainly marine organisms.
        
        OIL
        
        a liquid that fills in empty spaces, crevices and caverns in rocks, folds at plate boundaries, on grains of rocks.