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1. Natural Resources
SHUJAAT ALI QASMI
AR-048

2. What are natural resources?
• Materials that come from the Earth
• Something useful humans need to survive

3. NON RENEWABLE
• Natural resources found in
the ground
• Only a certain amount
• Once they are gone they
cannot be made or grown
again.
Coal
Oil

4. Natural Resources that CANNOT be
replaced
• Coal-used for electricity • Oil- (not cooking oil)
• Used for gasoline so cars,
planes and trains can run.

5. RENEWABLE
• Can be grown or made
again
• Never run out if we take
care of them
• Keeping Earth clean helps
protect these resources
Trees Plants
Animals Air
Sunlight Water

6. Natural Resources that CAN be replaced
• Trees and Plants
• Give humans and animals
• Oxygen
• Food
• Homes

7. Natural Resources that CAN be replaced
• Animals
• Food for humans and other animals
• Cows and goats make milk
• Sheep make wool used for clothes

8. Natural Resources that CAN be replaced
• Air
• Allows humans and
animals to breathe
• Carries seeds from
one place to
another
• Sunlight
• Helps plants grow
• Give us heat and
light
• Water
• Important for
humans and
animals to survive
• Helps humans and
animals stay
healthy
• Helps plants grow

9. How are natural resources used?
• Coal Heat
• Oil Gasoline
• Trees Homes
• Wood Paper
• Wheat Bread
• Cotton
Clothes

10. YOUR TURN
• In your “Thinking Journals” list one non renewable
resource you use often. Why is this natural resource
important to you?
• List one renewable resource you use often. Why is
this natural resource important to you?

11. How can we protect our Natural
Resources?
• Brainstorm some ways animals need
natural resources.
• What would happen if humans harmed the
natural resources animals need to survive?