Natural Resources

Natural Resources are:

• Things in nature that we do not need to survive

• Things in nature that are important for human's life

• Things in our house that we use and cannot be replaced

Natural resources are classified into:

• usable and non usable

• renewable and non renewable

• available and not available

It is an example of renewable resource

• plants

• oil

• natural gas

It is an example of non renewable resource

• animals

• water

• coal

Non renewable means that

• it can be easily replaced

• it can no longer exist if we use it up

• it can exist forever

Renewable means

• It will never exist again if we use it up

• It cannot be replaced, grown or made again

• It can continue existing if we take good care of it

What resource do we need to make a wooden table?

• trees

• air

• sunlight

What resource do we need to produce heat?

• water

• natural gas

• animals

What is conservation?

• the not responsable use of things in nature

• the protection of things found in nature

• the use of resources

It is an example of a conservation solution

• recycle paper, plastic and other materials

• throw away all the things we use

• Use resources to survive