Technologies, resources and materials

Technologies are...

• things created by humans that can make life easier or solve problems

• things that we find in nature and can use

• machines that work with electricity

• all sorts of machines and computers

Match the following

• materia prima

• resources

• risorse

• raw material

• lavorazione

• energy

• energia

• processing

• risorse rinnovabili

• renewable resources

Match the following

• risorse non rinnovabili

• mining

• estrazione mineraria

• agriculture

• agricoltura

• non-renewable resources

• risorse naturali

• material

• materiale

• natural resources

Resources are ...

• Things humans can find in nature and use

• different forms of energy

• products of technologies

• materials produced by humans

Raw materials are ...

• all natural resources

• unprocessed materials

• finished products

• artificial or synthetic

Natural resources are ...

• things that come from nature

• things produced by humans

• only trees

• trees and animals

Raw materials usually come from ...

• agriculture

• mines

• plants, animals or mines

• sun and wind

Humans use raw materials ...

• to produce the things they need

• because they need to produce

• because they are very good

• because they are renewable

To produce things we need ...

• ideas / knowledge

• materials

• ideas and materials

• ideas, materials and energy / work

Materials can be ...

• natural

• natural or artificial

• natural, artificial or synthetic

• natural or innatural