Natural Resources of the Earth

Which of the following are renewable energy resources (check all that apply!)

• solar

• oil

• geothermal

• wind

• water

Needed by the plants in order for them to grow.

• soil

• water

• oxygen

• sunlight

Why are trees a natural resource?

• The leaves are green
• We use them to make paper, lumber, and other products.
• They are beautiful
• They grow back after they are cut down.

What are natural resources?

• Things that the Earth provides that help us live.

• Things that are man made that help us live.

• Things you can buy off of Amazon.

• Things from Hogwarts.

Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• Fire

• Steam

• Gorillas

• Wind

Sunlight is...

• Very bright

• Will eventually run out soon

• A renewable resource

• A nonrenewable resource

permeability

• the measure of a rock's ability to hold water

• The starting material of soil, made of rock or sediment that weathers

• The measure of the ability of water to flow through rock and sediment

• Part of the environment that supplies material useful or necessary for the survival of living things

Where are fossil fuels found?

• In the atmosphere

• in the earth

• in the trees

• in animals

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years. 

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource