Natural Resources

Natural Resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use. 
• Rocks that contain metal
• Resources that are continually being replaced and will not run out.
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

Non renewable resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use.
• Rock that contains metal
• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

Renewable resources are:

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use
• Rock that contains metal 
• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
• Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 

Which is a Natural Resource

• Sunlight
• Computers
• Cars
• Roofs

Which is NOT a natural resource

• Car
• Corn
• Cotton
• Dogs

Which is a renewable Resource

• Coal
• Gasoline
• Ore
• Crops

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

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

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

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