Natural Resources

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Natural Resources
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Review

• In Earth science we have talked about
• Weather what the air is doing
• Temperature
• Wind
• Precipitation (water cycle)
• Landforms The shape of the surface of the Earth
  and how it got that way.
• Destructive forces weathering, erosion
• Constructive forces starting from inside the
  Earth

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Natural Resources

• A natural resource is anything that humans use
  that comes from nature
• Basically anything that humans use, but they
  dont make.

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Two Types

• Renewable Resource -
• This is a resource that is replaced in a short
  period of time.
• Nonrenewable Resource
• This is a resource that cannot be replaced in a
  short period of time.

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Renewable

• Natural Resources that can be replaced in a short
  period of time.
• Examples
• Trees Sun

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Nonrenewable

• A resource that cannot be replaced in short
  period of time.
• Examples
• Oil Coal

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Using Resources

• Humans use resources in many ways. One of the
  most important is to create energy (electricity,
  heat, etc.)
• Humans can use both renewable and nonrenewable
  resources to create energy.

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Quick Research Ways to make Energy

• You will select one way to make energy. You will
  research many things, for example
• How humans use this resource to make energy
• What are some effects of this way to make energy.
• Any interesting information
• Who first used it?
• When was it first used?