Natural Resources

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Science

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7th Grade

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NGSS

MS-ESS3-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ESS3-4

Standards-aligned

Enrico Castañares

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Natural Resources

Open Ended

What is the one thing that you cannot live without?

Type response here

Natural Resources

A natural resource is something that is found in nature and can be used by people.

People need some natural resources to stay alive. They use others to make their lives better.

Renewable Resources

These are those resources that can be renewed in a short time.
These do not cause any pollution to the environment.
These are the free gifts of nature.

Non-renewable Resources

These are those resources that cannot be renewed in a short time.
The cause pollution to the environment.
These are not the free gifts of nature.

Examples of Non-renewable Resources

Fossil energy sources - formed when prehistoric plants and animals died and were gradually buried by a layer of rocks.
Nuclear energy is usuallyconsidered as non-renewable resources.
Diamonds and minerals

Poll

Did you learn something new today?

YES

Open Ended

Do you have some questions or clarifications before we will proceed to our short quiz?

Type response here

SHORT QUIZ

Multiple Select

Examples of renewable energy resources include –

Solar energy

Nuclear power

Wind energy

Hydro power

Geothermal energy

Multiple Choice

Why is water a renewable resource?

It can be frozen into ice.

It evaporates into air.

It is constantly replaced.

Multiple Choice

We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildingsand automobiles. Metal is a nonrenewable resource.

True

False

Multiple Choice

Diamonds and other minerals

nonrenewable.

renewable.

Multiple Choice

Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun?

Geothermal

Solar

Wind

Hydrogen

Multiple Choice

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming and waste products to generate electricity?

Hydroelectric Power Plant

Geothermal Power Plant

Biomass Power Plant

Nuclear Power Plant

Multiple Choice

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

energy

pollution

food

natural resource

Multiple Choice

Hydroelectric plants perform which type of energy conversion?

Water to Electricity

Electricity to Water

Wind to Electricity

Wind to Chemical

Multiple Choice

This type of renewable energy converts the power of the wind to electricity.

steam engines

solar power

wind turbines

nuclear power

Multiple Select

Choose ALL of the nonrenewable energy resources

sun

fossil fuels

nuclear fuel

wind

natural gas

Multiple Choice

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

Renewable Energy Resource

Non-Renewable Energy Resource

Multiple Choice

A Fossil Fuel is

Materials that are found on Earth that people use

Rock that contains metal

Fuels that formed years ago from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

cotton

trees

cattle

uranium

I hope you learn something new today. Thank you so much for your participation.

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