Natural Resources and Alternative Energy Sources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

All of these resources are renewable EXCEPT:

• Oxygen
• Crude Oil
• Ice
• Corn

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which of these is renewable?

• Water
• Oil
• Coal
• Minerals

We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is a nonrenewable resource.

• True
• False

A resource that can be easily replaced...

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable