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Types of Resources
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Natural Resource: A natural resource are assets/raw materials occurring in nature that can be used for economic production or consumption.
Renewable Resources: Wood/Forest products, fish, crops. These can replenish themselves in a relatively short period of time.
Non-Renewable Resources: Coal/Oil/Gas (fossil fuels), Nuclear energy, Minerals. These cannot be replaced in a human lifetime, nor as they are harvested for production or consumption.
Flow Resources: Solar Radiation/Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Tidal Energy. These are not renewable or non-renewable, instead they must be used when they occur.
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- 1 Sci Geo (Unit 2) Note on Types of Resources, created by Jackson Partridge on 10/05/2015.
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