4th Grade Social Studies: Chapter 1 Lesson 3-4

What are some examples of natural resources?

• Phones, water, pollution
• Soil, water, and trees
• Cars, computers, and phones

What type of resources are tools, machines, and buildings?

• Renewable resources
• Human resources
• Capital resources

What can dirty water and damage soil?

• Recycling
• Conservation
• Pollution

What can pollution harm?

• Vehicles and homes
• Plants and animals
• Jobs and homes

What is another way people can care for natural resources?

• Selling them
• Ignoring them
• Recycling

What can be recycled?

• Glass, metal, plastic, and paper
• Cars and houses
• Soil and water

What are examples of renewable resources?

• Coal, natural gas, oil
• Water, fish, soil, trees, wheat
• Paper, coal, water

What are examples of nonrenewable resources?

• Water, wind, solar energy
• Soil, air, sunlight
• Coal, natural gas, oil

What should we do with nonrenewable resources?

• Use them as much as possible
• Ignore them
• Conserve them

Why should we conserve nonrenewable resources?

• Because they are easily replaced
• Because they are abundant (there is a lot)
• Because they cannot be replaced easily