Natural Resources

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil
• Water, wind, sun, plants
• Minerals, sun, natural gas, water

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house
• Resources we get from people
• Resources we get from nature

Which one is not a natural resource? 

• Water
• Plants
• Play dough 
• Air

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

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

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

Renewable or Non-renewable: Wind?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable