Communities and Resources

What is a natural resource?

• Something that people make.

• Something in nature that people use.

• A product in a store.

• Something made in a factory.

Which of these is a natural resource?

• crayons

• bread

• soda

• water

Solar panels use what natural resource?

• air

• water

• sun

• soil

Which of these activities help care for our resources?

• recycling, composting, and limiting use of resources

• taking long showers and recycling

• cutting down trees and composting them

• grown your own food, recycle, and compost

How did settlers keep their dairy products (milk, cheese, butter) cold at long time ago?

• a fridge

• a cooler

• a springhouse

• a well

What did a flail do?

• harvest wheat

• gather water

• make oatmeal

• pick corn

What is special about hydroponic farming?

• The plants get soil and lots of water

• The plants get no water

• The plants are planted close together

• It uses special water with minerals and no soil

What are the steps to getting milk from farm to table?

• A truck takes it to a store, an employee puts it out, you buy it and take it home.

• A cow is milked, an employee puts it out, you buy it.

• A cow is milked, it is pumped into a truck and taken to a store, an employee puts it out, you buy it and take it home.

• Milk is pumped into a truck, it is taken to a store, an employee puts it out, you buy it and take it home.