1. Natural Resources By James Wilson

2. Types of Natural Resources Renewable Renewable Non-renewable Non-renewable Inexhaustible Inexhaustible

3. 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

4. Lumber, fishing, and farming resources

5. 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

6. Coal Deposits in the U.S.

7. Oil Producing Countries of the World

8. 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

9. Solar, water, and wind energy

10. 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/

11. 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.