Resources and the Environment

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

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: Coal?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Renewable or Non-renewable: Wind?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Renewable or Non-renewable: Oil?

• Renewable

• Non-renewable