Prairie Natural Resources

What is a Natural Resource?

• Something that you can make

• Something that comes from Nature

• Something that is used for fashion

• Something that is used for fishing

There are renewable and unusable resources

• True

• False

The following are natural resources on the Prairies

• coal

• oil

• fishing

• cloudberries

The following are NOT renewable resources

• oil

• soil

• lumber

• coal

Wind, water and solar ARE renewable resources

• True

• False

Which natural resource can be used for energy?

• coal

• cattle

• copper

• potash

Natural gas can be used for the following

• heating

• cooking

• generating electricity

• making art

Renewable resources are:

• limited in quanitity

• can be regenerate

• not useful to humans

Wood is used for :

• paper products

• plywood

• particle board

• canola

Soil is used for:

• Gasoline

• diesel fuel

• jet fuel

• making plastics