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EARTH’S RESOURCES
MAJOR LANDFORMS
MOUNTAIN
MOUNTAIN RANGE
VOLCANO
VALLEY
HILL
PLATEAU
PLAINS
ISLAND
OCEANS
SEAS
RIVER
FALLS
LAKE
BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC NATURAL RESOURCES
The Philippines is abundant in both biotic and abiotic resources
Biotic natural resources are those that come from living things such as fossil fuels, forests, poultry and fish and other animals as well as the materials derived from these sources.
Varieties of fish like tilapa, milk fish(bangus), lapu-lapu, galunggong and tuna are also abundant.
WALING-WALING
RAFFLESIA
There are also endemic species in the country.
An ‘Endemic Species’ is one that is only found in that region and nowhere else in the world. As such they are of conservation concern because they are not widespread and may be confined to only one or two protected areas
TAMARAW IN MINDORO
VISAYAN SPOTTED DEER
PHILIPPINE MOUSE DEER (PILANDOK)
VISAYAN WARTY PIG
PHILIPPINE FLYING LEMUR (KAGWANG)
PHILIPPINE TARSIER (MALMAG)
WHALE SHARK (BUTANDING)
PHILIPPINE EAGLE
DWARF PYGMY GOBY
Due to the growing population, industrialization, [ollution, and human activities, our country’s natural resources are slowly depleting.
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
Mindoro dwarf buffalo or the Tamaraw
RED-VENTED COCKATOO
PHILIPPINE EAGLE
DWARF PYGMY GOBY
ENDANGERED PLANTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Kris plant
PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY
PHILIPPINE TEAK
ALOCASIA ATROPURPURIA
ABIOTIC NATURAL RESOURCES
Those that come from non-living, non-organic materials.
These include the different landforms, bodies of water, sand, rocks, and minerals.
GOLD AND SILVER
It can be found in mines located in Benguet, Camarines Norte, Masbate, Albay and Zamboanga del Norte.
COPPER
It is abundant in Cebu and Zamboanga del Norte