6th Grade - Anticipation Guide: Resource Use

Countries now are dependent on natural resources, but this was not true of societies in the past.

• True

• False

Iron ore, petroleum, indium, natural gas, and diamonds are all examples of natural resources.

• True

• False

Countries with lots of natural resources are richer than countries with few natural resources.

• True

• False

Natural resources are distributed unevenly across the earth.

• True

• False

Oil, wind, and trees are all examples of renewable natural resources.

• True

• False

The United States has more natural resources than most countries of the world.

• True

• False

Natural resources are needed to produce every good in the world.

• True

• False

People have figured out ways to make natural resources like coal and copper in scientific laboratories.

• True

• False