Natural resources

A 'natural resource' is...

• A type of food
• A type of animal
• Materials occurring in nature which are used to supply or support living beings

• A type of car

Which student was the the only one to make a correct list of all natural resources?

• Student A

• Student B

• Student C

• Student D

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders used the natural resource of Paperbark trees for...

• Shelter - To help build a Mia-Mia

• Food - To eat like lettuce

• Medicine - To smell to clear blocked noses

• Medicine - To heal wounds

What is an example of how you use the natural resource of Water?

What are the three major types of fossil fuels?

• Oil, Coal, Natural gas

• Natural gas, Coal, Water

• Oil, Coal, Minerals

• Natural gas, Minerals, Coal

A resource is considered renewable if it...

• Can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time

• Can be created only over millions of years

• Is made of Earths’ materials like rocks and minerals

• Is useful to humans in making energy and materials

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

• Coal

• Water

• Wind

• Sunlight

Your family uses this type of energy to heat your home and many of you cook with this type of energy.

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Sunlight

Choose an example of how non-renewable resources can be used up.

• Mining for coal and using it to heat homes

• Rainwater collecting in a bucket

• Planting plants to create more oxygen

• Sun rays being changed into solar energy

What is the source of energy that causes the blades of a turbine to move?

• Sunlight

• Wind

• Water

• Coal