Natural Resources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

Diamonds and other minerals

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable

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

• True
• False

The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house
• Resources we get from people
• Resources we get from nature

Which one is not a natural resource? 

• Water
• Plants
• Play dough 
• Air

We can _____ natural resources by not using them up or damaging them.

• conserve
• destroy