S.S Unit 2

What is a natural resource?

• Any material found in nature that can be used to help meet peoples' needs

• A resource that can be replaced in a short time

• A resource that takes a really long time to replace or it cannot be replaced at all

What is a nonrenewable resource?

• Any material found in nature that can be used to help meet peoples' needs

• A resource that can be replaced in a short time

• A resource that takes a really long time to replace or it cannot be replaced at all

What is a renewable resource?

• Any material found in nature that can be used to help meet peoples' needs

• A resource that can be replaced in a short time

• A resource that takes a really long time to replace or it cannot be replaced at all

What is an agricultural region?

• a place where there is flat land and good soil for people to farm

• a place where many kinds of factories are located

What is an industrial region?

• a place where there is flat land and good soil for people to farm

• a place where many kinds of factories are located

How can we protect natural resources?

• conserving (using less) of the resources

• Recycling resources

• Both

Adapt means to

• change something in the environment

• change the way you do something

Modify means to

• change something in the environment

• change the way you do something

Which ones are ways people modify the land?

• burn the forest to clear the land

• wearing warm clothes in the snow

• building a dam to stop the flow of water

• to dig tunnels underground to get minerals

True or False. When the population in an area gets bigger, people build taller buildings (skyscrapers) to give people room.

• True

• False