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
Oil
Sort the Resources
Water
(use your Smart Board)
Wind
Plants
Coal
Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable
Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
Tides
Soil
Minerals
Rocks
Natural Gas
Solar Energy
Animals
Gasoline
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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
Coal
B
Gold
C
trees
D
Wind
Way to Go
Trees are a renewable resource
becauseA
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.
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
renewable
B
nonrenewable
C
Both renewable and
nonrenewable
D
Solar energy
Way to Go
Which of these would correctly
complete this chart?
A
B
plants
wind
C
soil
D
coal
Nonrenewable
Resources
Inexhaustible
Resources
oil
sunlight
coal
?
Natural gas
Ocean tides
Way to Go
sun
Natural
Resources
oil
nuclear
Plants
and
animals
air
Non
Renewable
inexhaustible
gas
geothermal
water
solar
Renewable
coal
wind
soil
Alternative
Energy Sources
minerals
hydropower
Natural
Resources
Minerals
Renewable
Sun
Plants and
Animals
Water
Non
Renewable
coal
Soil
oil
Air
gas
Alternative
Energy Sources
Solar
geothermal
Wind
nuclear
Water