Natural Resources Write on the RIGHT side What

Natural Resources Write on the RIGHT side

What is a Natural Resource? ▪ Natural resource: any natural material that is used by humans ▪ Ex: air, soil, minerals, water, petroleum, plants, and animals ▪ On your paper, draw something you use natural resources for

▪ Renewable resource: a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate that it is consumed Renewable vs Nonrenewable ▪ Ex: solar energy, water, and air ▪ Nonrenewable resource: a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate it is consumed ▪ Ex: minerals like aluminum & iron ore, fossil fuels like oil ▪ Fossil fuel: a nonrenewable resource formed from buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago Renewable • Sunlight (solar energy) • Wind • Air • Plants • Water Nonrenewable • • Coal Oil Natural gas Minerals https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=xzzybh 8_Ago

Material and Energy Resources ▪ Material resource: a natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food/drink ▪ Energy resource: a natural resource that humans use to generate energy. Most energy used by humans comes from fossil fuels. What is an example of a material resource and energy resource that you use each day?

1. Pick something that you use everyday (like your phone, computer, a jacket, etc. ) 2. Draw and fill in the chart on your paper with the material and energy resources needed to make thing you chose. n o i t c le f e R 3. Label whether or not that material would be considered renewable or nonrenewable Name of Item Write on LEFT Side Material Needed 1. 2. 3. Renewable or Nonrenewable