Name
Class
Date
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources
Enrichment Activity
Skills: identifying, classifying
PART A Choose ten objects that you use everyday. List the objects in the table.
Complete the table by identifying as many materials as you can that make up
each object.
COMMON OBJECTS
Object
Materials
Object
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
Materials
PART B Classify each material you listed in the table as a renewable or
nonrenewable resource. Then, list the materials that can be recycled.
Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
Recyclable materials ____________________________________________________________________________
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Answer Key
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources
Enrichment Activity
PART A
Possible answers: pencil: wood; knife: steel; clothing:
cotton, wool; soda can: aluminum; magazine: paper;
newspaper: paper
PART B
Possible answers: pencil: nonrenewable; knife:
nonrenewable: soda can: renewable; recyclable
materials: soda can, magazine, and newspaper
Concepts and Challenges in Earth Science, Teacher’s Resources CD-ROM
(c) by Pearson Education, Inc./Globe Fearon/Pearson Learning Group. All rights reserved.
The Human Impact on the Environment