Unit 11 - Resources Page 55 How does the human use of natural resources impact the environment?

Learning objective Page 58 Describe how forests are classified as both a renewable and nonrenewable resource

Summary question Page 58 How are forests classified as both a renewable and non-renewable resource?

What we know… Renewable resources can be REPLACED within a short period of time Non-renewable resources take millions of years to be REPLACED

Forests as renewable resources Page 59 Trees are cut down slower than they can regrow Selective Cutting occurs Not all trees are cut, usually dead or older trees cut

Pair-Share Discuss why forests are considered a renewable resource Sentence Frame: Forests are considered renewable resources because ____________________

FORESTS AS NON-RENEWABLE Resources Page 59 More trees are cut than can regrow Clear Cutting occurs All or most of the trees are cut down Trees may or may not be replanted

Letter __ Is an example of Clear cutting because ________

Pair-share discussion In what situations would humans use and cause them to become a non-renewable resource? Sentence Frame: ________ is an example of when humans would use forests and cause them to become a non-renewable resource because ________