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Natural ResourcesWord Meaning EXAMPLES

Natural Resource

Raw Materials

Synonyms (words that have the same meaning)

Natural Resources are processed so they can be used as raw materials to make things.

USING RESOURCESWord Meaning EXAMPLES

Something in nature that

people can use

Forests, water, soil, plants

Natural resources that have

been changed or processed

Lumber, wheat, coffee beans

PROCESSED CHANGED

HARVESTED CUT OR PICKED

Form of business Fishing

Farming

sneaker

Industry

Manufacture

products

Capital Resources

Agriculture

Renewable and Nonrenewable ResourcesWord Meaning EXAMPLES

Conserve

Making products to sell Fleece jackets

jewelry

Things that people make or

grow.Apples, cranberries, maple syrup

Things people make in order to

produce products.Tools, factory buildings machines

Using the soil to raise crops or

animalsfarming

To use resources carefully Turn off lights, water use

Renewableresource

nonrenewable resource

recycle

Most Valuable Resource

HumanResource

Services

A product from nature

that can be replaced

Plants, trees, wind, solar energy, water energy, energy

A product from nature that

cannot be replaced

Oil, natural gas, propane, coal

To change or process

materials so that they can

be made new again.

Water bottles made into park benches,

Old glass can be made into new glass

People who make products

or provide services

President, senators, congressmen, policemen, fire fighters, factory workers, carpenters…

Jobs that people do for others

teacher, doctor, nurse,social worker, computer technician..