Exploring Types of Resources and Their Uses

The video introduces three types of resources: natural, human, and capital. It explains how these resources are integral to economics, detailing the differences between renewable and non-renewable natural resources. Human resources are described as the labor force, while capital resources include tools and machines. The video concludes with examples to help identify each resource type.

What is the study of how we make, buy, sell, and use things called?

• Economics

• History

• Geography

• Biology

Which of the following is a renewable natural resource?

• Coal

• Solar energy

• Gold

• Oil

Why are trees classified as non-renewable resources?

• They are not found in nature.

• They are not important for the environment.

• They are used up faster than they can grow.

• They cannot be recycled.

Who are considered human resources?

• Natural elements

• Machines

• Tools

• People who do labor or work

Which job is NOT an example of a human resource?

• Doctor

• Dentist

• Carpenter

• Wind turbine

What are capital resources?

• Machines, tools, and vehicles

• Human labor

• Renewable resources

• Natural elements

Which of the following is a capital resource used in making ice cream?

• Cows

• Ice cream machine

• Farmers

• Vanilla beans

What type of resource is a school bus?

• Capital resource

• Renewable resource

• Human resource

• Natural resource

Is copper a renewable or non-renewable natural resource?

• Non-renewable

• Renewable

• Both

• Neither

What type of resource are you?

• Renewable resource

• Capital resource

• Human resource

• Natural resource