Natural Resources

Natural Resources

By Ximena Caceres Fuentealba

What are natural resources?

Natural resources

• A natural resource is a useful material that is not produced by man

• Some natural resources in Virginia are:

  • coal

  • oil

  • lumber

A flowing body of water in which water travels from one location, usually a lake to a ending point called mouth.

​​River

​A body of water that is usually fresh.

Lake

​ Bays are extensions of larger bodies of water, such as lakes or oceans.

​​Bay

​Water resources in Virginia

Some rivers in Virginia:
- James River
- Potomac River
- York River

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Rivers

​Rivers are resources because they provide people with a way to:
- transport woods
- water for drinking
- sources for food
- recreation

​River water is fresh until the river runs close enough to an ocean or bay. At that point the rivers have a mixture of fresh and salt water.
The mixture of fresh and salt water is called brackish water.

The James River starts to become brackish after passes downtown Richmond

Lakes in Virginia:
- Lake Drummond

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Lake

​Near all lakes in Virginia are man- made, created by dams the block streams and flood land to form a lake.

​Lakes are resources because they provide:
- food
- water
- recreation

The Chesapeake Bay is Virginia's largest water resource.

- The Chesapeake Bay is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bay

​It provide large quantities of:
- food (oysters, fish, crabs and sea animals)
- transportation by ship
- recreation

Multiple Choice

A natural resource is ...

• useful material produce by man

• useful material NOT produce by man

• Not useful material

Multiple Select

What are the natural resources in Virginia?

• coal

• gold

• lumber

• gas

Open Ended

Write the 3 water resources in Virginia.

Multiple Choice

What is a river?

• A body of water that is usually fresh

• A extension of larger bodies of water

• A flowing body of water in which water travels from one location to an ending point.

Multiple Choice

What is a lake?

• A body of water that is usually fresh

• A extension of larger bodies of water

• A flowing body of water in which water travels from one location to an ending point.

Multiple Choice

What is a Bay?

• A body of water that is usually fresh

• A extension of larger bodies of water

• A flowing body of water in which water travels from one location to an ending point.

Open Ended

Name 1 river in Virginia

Open Ended

Name 1 Lake in Virginia

Open Ended

Name 1 Bay in Virginia

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of brackish water?

• It is a salt water

• It is fresh water

• It is the mix of fresh and salt water

Virginia's watershed

Watershed

• The original source for most of our water resources is Rain

• Some rain soaks into the soil, but the rest washes into streams, which flow into rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay.

  This is called a watershed!

Water resources and the pollution

• Our water resources are exposed to increasing levels of pollution.

• Humans and animals rely on fresh clean water.

• We depend on all of our water resources, both fresh and salt, and on the animals that live in them.

• It is mined in the mountains.

• In the southwestern part of Virginia

• It is used to generate electricity

Coal

• They are dug forms deep pits called quarries

• Used as building material

​​Limestone and Granite

• They are from pits

• Used in building material

• Used in road constructions.

​​Sand and gravel

​Mineral resources

Forest resources

• Trees provide wood for industries.

• Wood from trees is used to make paper products.

• In Virginia, timber resources are mostly collected from cultivated forest (one that have been planted by farmers)

Virginia has large areas of fertile, productive land which farmers use to produce a wide variety of crops

​Soil and Land

• Animals that are born in the wild and raised by their animals parents

• Examples in Virginia:

  • Coyotes, bears, deer, geese and foxes

​​Wild animals

• Farm animals

• Examples in Virginia

  • Cows, pigs, sheep, chicken and turkeys

​​Domesticated animals

​Wild versus domesticated

• They grow naturally

• They spread naturally

• They are not planted by men

• Main wild resource: timber (trees)

​​Wild Plants

• Plant we grow on purpose

• Usually on farms for food

• Examples:

  • tobacco, soybeans and apples.

​​Domestic Plants

​Wild versus domesticated

Multiple Choice

What is the source of most water resources?

• tornados

• rain

• earthquakes

Multiple Choice

What is a watershed?

• The water in the rivers

• The water from rain

• The water from the ocean

Open Ended

Name the mineral resources

Multiple Choice

What type of products can be made from trees?

• paper

  products

• vegetables products

• metal products

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of cultivated forests?

• natural forest

• forests created in the mountains

• forest created by men

Multiple Choice

What are some types of wild animals in Virginia?

• coyotes

• dogs

• cats

• deer

Open Ended

Name some domesticated animals in Virginia

Multiple Choice

What are some wild plants in Virginia?

• corn

• tobacco

• timber

Open Ended

Name some domestic plants in Virginia