Conserving our resources - What are resources?

What is a resource?

• A resource is something that can be used to make something else.

• Soil, water, animals or plants are resources from nature that we use.

• The skill of a doctor, plumber, farmer or teacher is a resource.

• A resource creates things that we use in the environment.

Resources can be used for

• doing jobs

• producing items

• offering services to the public

• trading both locally and abroad

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• sun

• wind

• water

• chair

Coal, animals, rocks and trees are natural resources that we use. Which of them is NOT found on land. Type your answer.

Which natural resources is excavated or dug up from the sea floor at Ocean Cay, Bimini and used to manufacture glass and fertilizers?

• oil

• salt

• rocks

• aragonite

Industries that extract or take out natural resources from the earth are called p_____________________. Type your answer.

Renewable resources can be used over and over again and easily replaced.

• true

• false

What is the water cycle?

• It is the path that all water flows as it moves around the earth in different states.

• It is the process by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere and land.

• It is the process by which water evaporates from the earth's surface to form clouds and then returns to the earth as rain or snow.

• It is a circular cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

The picture is an example of the w____________________. Type your answer.

Non-renewable resources can be replaced once they have been used.

• true

• false