Natural Resources

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house

• Resources we get from people

• Resources we get from nature

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

__________ generates heat from the interior of the Earth.

• Wind energy

• Geothermal energy

• Solar energy

• Solar energy

____________ water is salty.

• Ocean

• Lakes

• Rivers

People need ___________water to drink.

• dirty

• polluted

• fresh

Will the sun run out of energy in your lifetime?

• No

• Yes

• Maybe

What kind of energy is this?

• Wind Energy

• Solar Energy

• Natural Gas

• Water Energy

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• tidal harness

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming and waste products to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant