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The parts of the environment that are useful or necessary for the survival of living organisms natural resources A natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature renewable resource Natural resources that are used up more quickly than they can be replaced by natural processes nonrenewable resource Nonrenewable resource that is formed from the remains of microscopic marine organisms petroleum Fuels formed in Earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years fossil fuels Electricity that is produced when the energy of falling water is used to turn the turbines of an electric generator hydroelectric power A form of energy that is released when billions of atomic nuclei from uranium are split apart in a nuclear fission reaction nuclear energy The heat energy contained in the Earth's crust geothermal energy Chapter 27: Conserving Resources Section 1:Resources