Resource Management

Drag and Drop

What is a consequence of not having enough water for plants?​ ​ ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Increased energy production

Drought

Less pollution

More vehicles on the road

Match

Match the following

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Conservation

• Poverty

• Malnutrition

harmful gas and smoke

contamination of water bodies

use resources wisely

lack of material needs

lack of healthy food

• harmful gas and smoke

• contamination of water bodies

• use resources wisely

• lack of material needs

• lack of healthy food

Multiple Choice

What is conservation?

• Burning coal and gas

• Using more water and energy

• Polluting the air and water

• The protection of natural resources

Multiple Choice

What can lead to scarcity?

• Pollution

• Using solar power

• Not conserving resources like water and clean air

• 
  Conservation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a way to conserve energy?

• 
  Leaving lights on when not in use

• Using less water

• 
  Riding in cars or buses more often

• 
  Turning off things that use electricity when not in use

Resources

Some are renewable and others are nonrenewable.

Natural Resources

Something that is found on Earth and used by humans.

Multiple Choice

Which word means something we get from the Earth and use in our daily lives?

• conservation

• natural resources

• fossil fuels

Renewable Resources

• A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime 

• water

• air

• animals

• trees

• sunlight

Multiple Select

Check all the renewable resources

• air

• water

• oil

• coal

• animals

Nonrenewable Resources

• A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

Conservation - we need to take care of our resources

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

Multiple Choice

Why is water classified as a renewable rather than a nonrenewable resource? Water is classified as renewable because it -

• is constantly replaced.

• is important to all life.

• can be frozen into ice.

• evaporates into the air.

Multiple Choice

All of the following resources are classified as renewable EXCEPT –

• corn plants

• oxygen

• water

• crude oil

Poll

The wooden table we work on comes from

• Trees - a nonrenewable resource

• Trees - a renewable resource

Poll

The wooden table we work on comes from

• Trees - a nonrenewable resource

• Trees - a renewable resource

Poll

The gasoline that our cars use to drive is

• A renewable resource - it takes millions of years to form

• A nonrenewable resource - it takes millions of years to form

We can divide Energy Resources into these two groups.

Multiple Choice

An example of a renewable energy resource is...

• oil

• water

• coal

• natural gas

Multiple Choice

An example of a renewable energy resource is...

• oil

• water

• coal

• natural gas

Multiple Choice

An example of a nonrenewable energy resource is...

• solar

• geothermal

• wind

• coal

Renewable Resources

Energy resources that occur naturally and can be used over and over again.

Types of Nonrenewable Resources

• Oil: A liquid mixture from the earth used to make gasoline

• Coal: Easy to burn rock mined from the earth

• Nuclear: Energy converted from the splitting of atoms

• Natural Gas: Highly flammable gas found inside the earth