Natural Resources SS 13

What is a natural resource?

• plants or trees growing in a particular area

• any material from the Earth that people can use

• average weather over a long period of time

• any man-made material

What is a renewable resource?

• a natural resource that canNOT be replace

• a natural resource that CAN be replaced

• coal, natural gas, copper

• plants, water, sunlight

What is a nonrenewable resource?

• a natural resource that canNOT be replace

• a natural resource that CAN be replaced

• coal, natural gas, copper

• plants, water, sunlight

What is climate?

• any material from the Earth that people can use

• plants or trees growing in a particular area

• average weather over a long period of time

• any man-made material

What is vegetation?

• any man-made material

• plants or trees growing in a particular area

• any material from the Earth that people can use

• average weather over long periods of time

Which is NOT a biome of the United States?

• Tundra

• Chaparral

• Grassland

• Temperate Forest

Select all of the biomes of the United States:

• Tundra

• Temperate Forest

• Boreal Forest

• Desert

• Grassland

Which 2 biomes are located in Alaska?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

• Tundra

• Boreal Forest

Select 2 nonrenewable resources

• plants and trees

• sunlight

• coal

• natural gas

Select 2 renewable resources

• plants and trees

• sunlight

• coal

• natural gas