Natural Resources 1 Quick Check

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. 

Why are trees a natural resource?

• The leaves are green
• We use them to make paper, lumber, and other products.
• They are beautiful
• They grow back after they are cut down.

Which is a Natural Resource

• Sunlight
• Computers
• Cars
• Roofs

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

Which of these are ways that humans use wood?

• paper and building houses
• eating and drinking
• cars and heat
• drinking and bathing

Who uses natural resources?

• animals
• plants
• people
• all of the above

Which one is not a natural resource? 

• Water
• Plants
• Play dough 
• Air

How do we use air?

• to breathe
• to eat
• to build
• to drink

I can live without natural resources.

• True
• False

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