Natural Resources

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

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

Only a small amount of _______ on Earth's surface can be used by humans.

• air
• water
• dirt
• sand

Which are ways we use fossil fuels?

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

Which of these are ways that humans use wood?

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

A Fossil Fuel is

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

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. 

Ore is

• 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. 

How are ores different from other rocks?

• All rocks contain fossils, and ore contains minerals
• Rocks are made from just minerals and organic material, but ore is made from rocks and metal
• They are the same

Which is a renewable Resource

• Coal
• Gasoline
• Ore
• Crops