materials found in nature (Earth) that people can use (water, soil, trees)
Natural Resources
there is not enough of something to meet all of the people's needs and wants (oil, gas)
scarcity
people who supply the labor to produce goods and provide services. They are paid for their work.
Human Resource
a resource that will be used up someday such as coal or oil
non-renewable resources
water, soil, oil, trees, salt
Natural resources in Louisiana
oil, gas, salt, coal
non renewable resources
water, trees, air, plastic, animals
renewable resources
to use resources carefully
conserve
non renewable resources that are not replaced by nature once they are taken from the environment such as oil, natural gas, salt, sulphur, lignite, sand gravel, and limestone
mineral resources
a resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime
renewable resources
human-made products used to produce goods or services. This includes building and equipment. Rice mills, sugar refineries, oil refineries, cotton gins, and meat packing plants are examples.
capital resources
used to make matches, medicine, and plastics
sulphur
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