1. Environment and Resources 46-49 Objective: to understand the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources, and the impact humans have.

2. Human Environmental Interaction The environment provides energy, water, food, and other materials for humans to use. As man has evolved and populations have grown there has been a greater impact humans have had.

3. Types of Resources Natural Resources – useful material found in the environment. – Divided between renewable and nonrenewable – Renewable – can be replaced by the Earth or people. – Nonrenewable – cannot be replaced in a short period of time, if at all. – Fossil fuels – nonrenewable resources formed from the remains of plants and animals over millions of years.

4. Burning oil fields, circa 1991, Kuwait

5. ResourceType Renewable or Nonrenewable? FormationMajor Uses Soil Formed by rocks and organic material broken down Agriculture Water Through water cycleDrinking, agriculture, washing, transportation Plants Grown from seeds; require water and sunlight Food, lumber, clothing, paper Animals Through reproduction; required food and water Food, agricultural labor, transportation, clothing Fossil Fuels Formed over millions of years from plant and animal material Energy, plastics, chemicals Minerals Formed through a variety of natural geologic processes Automobile parts, electronics, etc..