Natural Resources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• water

• natural gas

• animals

• wind

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because

• they are used to produce heat

• they can be found underground

• they take a long time to form

What does conserving resources mean ?

• use as much of the resources as you can

• protecting the resource so it does not run out

• only use the resource at school

Any useful material that is found in nature?

• natural resource

• plants

• human resource

diamonds and other minerals are

• nonrenewable

• renewable

We dig metal out of earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is nonrenewable resource.

• true

• false

The Trevino's family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• to save money

• to reduce sewage

• to recycle dish soap

• to conserve water

What is a natural resource

• resources we get from our house

• resources we get from nature

• resources we get from people

Which one is not a natural resource?

• water

• play dough

• plants

• air

We can ______ natural resources by not using them up or damaging them.

• conserve

• destroy