Chapter 7
Mineral Resources
• Renewable …….. • Can be replaced in
nature
• water, sun, wind…
• Examples……..
• Nonrenewable
….
• Examples
are……..
• …cannot be
replaced
• Once it is gone.it
is gone forever!!!
• Coal, natural gas,
oil…..
• Fossils fuels….. • Form from the
remains of
organisms that
lived millions
of years ago
• Fossils fuels are
NONRENEWABLE!
• Coal, Natural
gas, petroleum
Formation of coal
• Peat  Lignite  Bituminous coal 
Anthracite coal
• Anthracite coal is the hardest and
burns the best!!!
Renewable are not perfect!
• Wind….
• Water …..
• Solar…..
• Noise pollution!! And
what if the wind isn’t
blowing???
• Thermal pollution! And
it upsets the
environment
• What is the sun
doesn’t shine???
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle
• Use less
• Use again
• Take from
trash and use
again