Natural Resources and Pollution

Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time

• Natural Resources

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

Contamination of air, water, or soil by materials that are harmful to living things

• Pollution

• Fossil Fuels

• Non Renewable Resource

Resources that take millions of years to form and can be used up

• Natural Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Non renewable resource

Things people use that come from the environment

• Natural Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Non renewable resource

• Alternative Energy

Hot steam comes from beneath the earth’s surface and the steam spins turbines generating electricity

• Geothermal

• Biofuels

• Solar

• Wind

Falling water turns a turbine creating mechanical energy and a generator converts it into electricity

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Biofuels

• Solar

Tall turbines spin creating mechanical energy which is converted into electricity

• Wind

• Solar

• Hydroelectric

• Biofuels

• Geothermal

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

Which of these is renewable?

• Water
• Oil
• Coal
• Minerals