Natural Resources

What is a Natural Resource?

• Material found in nature that is used to support life and meet people's needs.

• Resources that are depleted more quickly than they can regenerate.

• Resources that can be replenished at about the same rate at which they are used.

What are Non-renewable Resources?

• Resources that can be replenished at about the same rate at which they are used.

• Resources are depleted more quickly than they can regenerate.

• Material found in nature that is used to support life and meet people's needs.

What are Renewable Resources?

• Resources that are depleted more quickly than they can regenerate.

• Resources that can be replenished at about the same rate at which they are used.

• Material found in nature that is used to support life and meet people's needs.

What is Fossil Fuel?

• Coal, oil, natural gas, formed from old fossils.

• Material found in nature that is used to support life and meet people's needs.

• Resources that can be replenished at about the same rate at which they are used.

What is Sustainability/Sustainable Use?

• Using natural resources responsibly, so they can support both present and future generations.

• Resources that are depleted more quickly than they can regenerate.

• Material found in nature that is used to support life and meet people's needs.

What does 'Import' mean?

• Bring goods from a foreign place into a country.

• Send goods out of a country to a foreign place.

• Countries being dependent on one another for goods and services.

What does 'Export' mean?

• Bring goods from a foreign place into a country.

• Send goods out of a country to a foreign place.

• Countries being dependent on one another for goods and services.

What is Global Interdependence?

• Countries being dependent on one another for goods and services.

• Send goods out of a country to a foreign place.

• Bring goods from a foreign place into a country.

What are Oil Reserves?

• Amount of oil extracted from the ground for use.

• Amount of known oil in the ground in a region.

• Countries being dependent on one another for goods and services.

What is Oil Production?

• Amount of oil extracted from the ground for use.

• Amount of known oil in the ground in a region.

• Countries being dependent on one another for goods and services.