1. Natural Resources

2. 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

3. How do we classify natural resources?
Renewable resources
Nonrenewable resources
Inexhaustible resources

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Sort the Resources (use your Smart Board)
Oil
Water
Wind
Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
XXXXXXXX
Plants
Coal
Tides
Soil
Minerals
Rocks
Natural Gas
Solar Energy
Animals
Gasoline

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10. Quiz

11. Solar Energy
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

12. Way to Go

13. Soil
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

14. Way to Go

15. Wind
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

16. Way to Go

17. Plants
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

18. Way to Go

19. Coal
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

20. Way to Go

21. Water
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

22. Way to Go

23. Natural Gas
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

24. Way to Go

25. Ocean Tides
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

26. Way to Go

27. Animals
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

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29. Minerals
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible

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31. Which of these is an inexhaustible resource?
Coal B
Gold C
trees D
Wind

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33. Trees are a renewable resource because-
we can plant more to replace the ones we use. B
someday we will use them all. C
they grow so tall. D
there are so many of them.

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35. Oxygen is a gas that we need to breathe. It is found in our air
Oxygen is a gas that we need to breathe. It is found in our air. Which type of resource is oxygen? A
renewable B
nonrenewable C
Both renewable and nonrenewable D
Solar energy

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37. Which of these would correctly complete this chart? A B C D
plants
Nonrenewable Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
oil
sunlight
coal ?
Natural gas
Ocean tides B
wind C
soil D
coal

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39. sun wind geothermal oil water nuclear solar air coal soil gas minerals
inexhaustible
coal
soil
gas
minerals
Plants and animals
hydropower

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