1. Nonrenewable vs. Renewable Resources

2. GOAL
To be able to distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources.

3. Pair Activity Nonrenewable resources include
Oil
Coal
Natural Gas
See if you can come up with atleast 3 more resources that the Earth provides us with (either renewable or nonrenewable)

4. Nonrenewable Resources
When they are used up, they cannot be replaced by nature

5. Nonrenewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resource Examples
1. Fossil Fuels
Coal
Oil
Natural Gas

6. Nonrenewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resource Examples
2. Minerals- mined, dug out of rocks and soil
(Metals, gemstones)

7. Renewable Resources Renewable Resources
Resources that are continuously replaced by nature

8. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 1. Land USES: Soil
Area for cities, farms, forests
Produces food

10. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 1. Land- Problems
A. Dry

11. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 1. Land- Problems
B. Overgrowing crops

12. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 1. Land- Problems
C. Erosion

13. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 1. Land- Problems
D. Desertification

14. Soil Degradation

15. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 2. Water
USES: for drinking, cooking, bathing, cleaning

17. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 2. Water
USES: Water cycle purifies

18. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 2. Water PROBLEMS:
Limited amount of freshwater
97% in oceans

19. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 3. Animal Resources
USES: Provides food and other products

20. Renewable Resources Renewable Resource Examples 3. Animal Resources
PROBLEM: using too much

21. DO NOW
1. Which alternative energy source uses the energy from the Earth’s interior (core) for power?
2. Which alternative energy source uses the sun’s light for power?
3. Which type of fossil fuel is made of compressed plant remains, and is solid in form?