Natural Resources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• water

• animals

• natural gas

• wind

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat

• they take a long time to form

• they can be found underground

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 resources at school

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Plants

• Human Resource

• Animals

• Natural Resource

Diamonds and other minerals

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

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

• True

• False

The Jones 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 recycle dish soap

• To reduce sewage

• To conserve water

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house

• Resources we get from people

• Resources we get from nature

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

• conserve

• destroy

How many types of natural resources are there?

• one

• two

• three

• four