3rd Grade Natural Resources

A scientist learns that an important medicine can be made from the bark of a rare tree. This discovery will MOST LIKELY change the way people think about —

• why forests should be conserved

• how plants make their food

• what plants need to live

• how old a tree can be

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Humans use many natural resources. Which natural resource is used for transportation?

• Cotton

• Oil/Gasoline

• Cows

• Trees

Water is a natural resource most living things need to survive. What is one way water can be conserved?

• Wash our cars every week.

• Water our lawns every day.

• Take shorter showers.

• Have pools in our backyards.

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What products do people make using agricultural resources such as plant and animal resources?

• food and clothing

• furniture and water

• rocks and shelter

• bricks and art

Cotton is a natural resource that is often used in the making of t-shirts.

Which of the following is NOT a property of cotton?

• soft

• hard

• flexible

• lightweight

Which of the following DOES NOT provide the best evidence for why natural resources should be conserved?

• Some natural resources are nonrenewable and are not able to be easily replaced. 

• Humans use natural resources in agriculture, transportation, construction and making products.

• Humans use man-made materials that do not use natural resources. 

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Trees are used to produce all of the followig materials EXCEPT:

• Wooden clothes pin

• Plastic bag

• Brown Paper Bag

• Sheet of Paper

True or False? Natural resources are things from nature that we use. You can’t live a single day without using hundreds of Earth’s resources.

• True

• False

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True or False? Natural Resources are only living things.

• True

• False

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​__________ is a Natural Resource.

• Water

• A Table

• A Car

• A Book

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