Earths Natural Resources
TOPIC1: EARTH’S NATURAL RESOURCES
LO: To be able to learn what are the natural resources and
where they are available.
Keywords:
Resources
Renewable
Non-renewable
Check our previous knowledge
What are the five basic
things we need to live?
Why do we depend on
nature?
Can you survive without
nature?
What do you get from
nature?
Let’s check our understanding
Fill in the blanks:
Our sun will die in …….. billion years.
Our ………….. made use of the natural resources they found around them.
Oil is a ………………. resource.
Short answer questions:
Differentiate needs and wants with examples.
The rising population is a huge challenge to meet our needs and demands. Give reasons.
MEETING OUR NEEDS
As time went by,
we found more and
more ways to use
what Earth
provides: things like
metals, gas, and
oil.
Today, we still have the same basic needs
as our ancestors. There are also lots of
things we want.
Needs Want
Needs refers to an Wants are described as
individual’s basic the goods and services
, which an individual
requirements that
like to have as a part of
must be fulfilled, in his or her lifestyle
order to survive
OUR NEEDS AND WANTS
With the rise in
population, which has
doubled in the last 50
years, this has ultimately
become a
challenge……why?
WHAT ARE NATURAL RESOURCES
A natural resource is something
which occurs naturally – without
any help from us, it is also
something which we can make use
of.
Examples of natural resources are,
soil, water, wind, sunlight, coal and
oil.
We also use a lot of plastic,
however plastic is NOT a natural
resource. We make that in factories.
WHERE DO WE FIND NATURAL RESOURCES??
Natural resources are found
everywhere, however they are
not shared equally
Our early ancestors made do
with the resources around them,
but we didn’t!
We use resources from all over
the world. When you eat an
orange, you are making use of
the soil , water and sunshine.
EARTHS RESOURCES ARE CATEGORISED
INTO TWO GROUPS:
Renewable resources – Non- Renewable resources –
Resources that we can keep on This is a resources which takes
using and it won’t run out. years to form. We are using it up
much faster than it is forming,
We can also define renewable therefore one day we may find that
resources as a resource that there’s hardly any left.
nature continues to provide or that We can also define Non –
we can grow more of. Renewable resources as a resource
that we will run out of one day
Examples of renewable resources
are Wind, rain, sunlight, wood, Examples of Non – Renewable
plants, and animals. resources are fossil fuels, which
include petroleum, coal and natural
gas
Renewable and Non- Renewable
resources
THE BIG CHALLENGE!
We human beings face a huge challenge: a rising population and limited
natural resources
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
We, humans, depend on Earth’s natural…………………
Our ………….. made use of the natural resources they found around
them.
Oil is a ………………. Resource.
………………… is a renewable resource.
TRUE/FALSE
Natural resources are shared equally around the world……
Oil and gas are renewable resources……
Supply of most of the Earth’s natural resources are unlimited…..
