Natural Resources
What are Natural Resources?Supplies from the nature.
Everything on or around the Earth
that we use to survive. For example:
•Coal
•Oil
•Iron
•Timber
•Rivers
•Animals
•Sunlight
How do we classify natural resources?
•Renewable resources
•Nonrenewable resources
•Inexhaustible resources
Renewable Resources• Things that can be
replaced in a relatively short amount of time.
• We must be wise about how we use these items! We could overuse, pollute, or destroy them too fast for them to be replaced.
• Examples: plants, animals, water, air, soil
Nonrenewable Resources• Cannot be replaced in a
short amount of time.• Made from dead plants
and animals millions of years ago.
• Once we use them up, they are gone forever.
• We are using them faster than nature can replace them.
• Examples: fossil fuels (oils, natural gas, coal) and minerals
Inexhaustible Resources
• Those things that can be replaced as fast as they are used.
• No matter how much we use, we can never run out.
• Examples: sunlight, wind, and ocean tides.
List some things that come from the Earth (natural resources) that help us live our lives. Cross off any items that you have on your list that another group mentions.
Object Natural Resource
Money Trees (paper) or minerals (coins)
Pencils Trees (wood)
Skateboard Trees (wood) and minerals (steel)
Clothes Plants (cotton)
Glass Sand
Car Minerals (metal) and fossil fuels
Sidewalks Rocks and minerals
Gas Fossil fuels
Sort the Resources (use your Smart Board)
Renewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
Oil
Animals
Water
Soil
Wind
Coal
Natural Gas
Plants
Gasoline
Rocks
Solar Energy
Tides
Minerals
Remember:
Quiz
Solar Energy
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Soil
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Wind
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Plants
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Coal
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Water
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Natural Gas
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Ocean Tides
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Animals
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Minerals
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Way to Go
Which of these is an inexhaustible resource?
A
B
C
D
Coal
Gold
trees
Wind
Way to Go
Trees are a renewable resource because-
A
B
C
D
we can plant more to replace the ones we use.
someday we will use them all.
they grow so tall.
there are so many of them.
Way to Go
Oxygen is a gas that we need to breathe. It is found in our air. Which type of resource is oxygen?
A
B
C
D
renewable
nonrenewable
Both renewable and nonrenewable
Solar energy
Way to Go
Which of these would correctly complete this chart?
A
B
C
D
plants
wind
soil
coal
Nonrenewable Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
oil sunlight
coal ?
Natural gas Ocean tides
Way to Go
Natural Resources
RenewableNon
Renewable
Alternative Energy Sources
sun
soil
Plants and animals
airwater
minerals
coal
gas
oilsolar
wind
hydropower
geothermal
nuclear
inexhaustible
Natural Resources
RenewableNon
Renewable
Water
Air
Sun
Soil
Plants and Animals
gas
oil
coal
Minerals
Alternative Energy Sources
Solar
Wind
Water
geothermal
nuclear
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