Earth Systems Review

Materials from Earth that people need and use, like water, air, and minerals.

• Biodiversity
• Natural Resources
• Earth Systems
• Spheres

NON - RENEWABLE resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use.

• Rock that contains metal

• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago

• Resources that CANNOT BE REPLACED quickly enough to keep from running out.

Renewable resources are:

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use

• Rock that contains metal

• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.

• Resources that can be replaced IF USED CAREFULLY!!!!

What are some of Alberta's natural resources?

• Oil and gas, water, and diamonds.

• Forests, fossils fuels, solar, wind, and water.

• Forests, pine beetles, and water.

• Water, molten lava, and forests.

Which is a Natural Resource

• Sunlight
• Computers
• Cars
• Roofs

Which is a renewable Resource

• Coal

• Gasoline

• Oil

• Crops

How can we use natural resources?

• We can use energy from natural resources to generate electricity

• We can use natural resources for food

• We can use natural resources to construct houses and buildings

• All of the above

Which is a non-renewable resource?

• Oil

• Sunlight

• Water

• Crops

Which group includes ALL RENEWABLE resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil

• Water, wind, sun, plants

• Crops, sun, natural gas, water

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat and there are no more dinosaurs

• they take a long time to form and dinosaurs aren't around anymore

• they can be found underground where the dinosaurs died