Natural Resources

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Natural Resources

• Earth Science

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Introduction

• The Earth's Natural resources are substances we
  obtain from the land, water, and air around us.
• All of the products we use have a natural
  resource base.
• Minerals, forest products, water, and soil are a
  few of the natural resources humans use to
  produce energy and make things people use.

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Vocabulary

• Renewable
• Reproduced within a few years or decades.
• Nonrenewable
• Resource that cannot be replaced in our lifetime.
• Inexhaustible
• Resource that will never run out in our lifetime.
• Replenish
• Make complete again
• Conservation
• Protection, preservation, management, or
  restoration of natural resources.
• Alternative
• Choice of another resource to fulfill the same
  needs.

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Natural Resources Video

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Conceptual Activity

• Where do our products come from?
• Sample
• Design a chart on one side list 10 things in
  your bed room. On the other write what they are
  made from.
• Challenge What are things recycled from?
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Apple Pie
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Pencil Paper
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Interactive

• Read the information on http//www.urbanext.uiuc.e
  du/world/minerals.html
• Dividing into groups, research one of the
  following minerals
• Coal
• Copper
• Iron
• Diamond
• Crude oil and natural gas
• Potassium
• Other minerals can be used if desired.
• See next slide for instructions

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Interactive continued

• Using encyclopedias or the Internet, locate where
  reserves for each mineral can be found in the
  world.
• Mark these areas on a world map.
• What is the mineral is used for, and what country
  uses the mineral the most?
• Try to find out how long known reserves are
  expected to last.
• Each group will report their findings.

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Critical Thinking

• As a whole group, discuss what would happen if a
  particular mineral was no longer available.
• Would the location of a particular mineral affect
  the availability of this mineral in the United
  States? (Example we import most of our oil from
  Iran, what would we do if we went to war with
  them?)
• What could we do to prepare for this need?
• How could we avoid this situation?

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TAKS Question

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Citations

• Taking Care of Our Earth. 100 Educational
  Videos(1999). Retrieved December 22, 2006,
  fromunitedstreaming http//www.unitedstreaming.c
  om/
• Learning About Natural Resources. 100
  Educational Videos (2003). Retrieved December 5,
  2006, fromunitedstreaming http//www.unitedstrea
  ming.com/
• Honeycomb and a jar of honey. Paul Fuqua(2004).
  Retrieved December 22, 2006, fromunitedstreaming
  http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
• All other images are from Microsoft Clip Art.