Natural Resources

What are natural resources?

Chose all the correct answers.

• Resources that are useful or necessary

• Made by nature

• For non-living things

• Can’t be replaced

• All

………..can be replaced

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

• Paper

• Coal

• Milk

• Water

Which of these is classified as a renewable resource?

• Natural gas

• Minerals

• Plants

• Crude oil

Fossil fuels form when organic matter is buried and then exposed to heat and pressure for millions of years. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable resources because they –

• take a long time to form

• are used to produce heat

• form from organic matter

• can be found underground

A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• conservation

• resource

A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• conservation

• resource

The T-chart shows how some natural resources are classified. Which of the following should be placed where the question mark is to complete the chart?

• Ice

• Wind

• Natural Gas

• Animals

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

Is water a natural resource?

• Yes

• No