Natural Resources

What are Natural Resources?Supplies from the nature.

Everything on or around the Earth

that we use to survive. For example:

•Coal

•Oil

•Iron

•Timber

•Rivers

•Animals

•Sunlight

How do we classify natural resources?

•Renewable resources

•Nonrenewable resources

•Inexhaustible resources

Renewable Resources• Things that can be

replaced in a relatively short amount of time.

• We must be wise about how we use these items! We could overuse, pollute, or destroy them too fast for them to be replaced.

• Examples: plants, animals, water, air, soil

Nonrenewable Resources• Cannot be replaced in a

short amount of time.• Made from dead plants

and animals millions of years ago.

• Once we use them up, they are gone forever.

• We are using them faster than nature can replace them.

• Examples: fossil fuels (oils, natural gas, coal) and minerals

Inexhaustible Resources

• Those things that can be replaced as fast as they are used.

• No matter how much we use, we can never run out.

• Examples: sunlight, wind, and ocean tides.

List some things that come from the Earth (natural resources) that help us live our lives. Cross off any items that you have on your list that another group mentions.

Object Natural Resource

Money Trees (paper) or minerals (coins)

Pencils Trees (wood)

Skateboard Trees (wood) and minerals (steel)

Clothes Plants (cotton)

Glass Sand

Car Minerals (metal) and fossil fuels

Sidewalks Rocks and minerals

Gas Fossil fuels

Sort the Resources (use your Smart Board)

Renewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources

Inexhaustible Resources

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Oil

Animals

Water

Soil

Wind

Coal

Natural Gas

Plants

Gasoline

Rocks

Solar Energy

Tides

Minerals

Remember:

Quiz

Solar Energy

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Soil

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Wind

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Plants

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Coal

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Water

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Natural Gas

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Ocean Tides

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Animals

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Minerals

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Inexhaustible

Way to Go

Which of these is an inexhaustible resource?

A

B

C

D

Coal

Gold

trees

Wind

Way to Go

Trees are a renewable resource because-

A

B

C

D

we can plant more to replace the ones we use.

someday we will use them all.

they grow so tall.

there are so many of them.

Way to Go

Oxygen is a gas that we need to breathe. It is found in our air. Which type of resource is oxygen?

A

B

C

D

renewable

nonrenewable

Both renewable and nonrenewable

Solar energy

Way to Go

Which of these would correctly complete this chart?

A

B

C

D

plants

wind

soil

coal

Nonrenewable Resources

Inexhaustible Resources

oil sunlight

coal ?

Natural gas Ocean tides

Way to Go

Natural Resources

RenewableNon

Renewable

Alternative Energy Sources

sun

soil

Plants and animals

airwater

minerals

coal

gas

oilsolar

wind

hydropower

geothermal

nuclear

inexhaustible

Natural Resources

RenewableNon

Renewable

Water

Air

Sun

Soil

Plants and Animals

gas

oil

coal

Minerals

Alternative Energy Sources

Solar

Wind

Water

geothermal

nuclear