How can people use natural resources responsibly?

You are walking through a lush forest. A soft cushion of needles keeps your foot steps silent. You smell the trees. You hear chipmunks in the branches. Birds dart back and forth. This is a

beautiful place. But the trees may soon be cut down for lumber and paper. Can we keep our forests and still have the products we need?

Natural resources are living things from the Earth that living things need.Trees are an example of natural resources.Trees are also an example of a renewable resource.Renewable resources are resources that can be replaced in a fairly short time.

A nonrenewable resource is a

resource that cannot be replaced.

Many natural resources come from

below the ground.

Miners dig into the ground to get

rocks called ores.

Ores contain metals and other minerals that people use.

Copper, iron, and aluminum are some useful metals. Hematite is an ore that contains the metal iron.

Hematite is an ore that contains iron.

Coal forms from plantsthat live many years ago.

Some natural resources are not used

up.

Plants need sunlight, air, and water to

grow.

We need air to breathe and water to

drink.

These resources are not used up.

Sunlight, air, and water are always

available.

When people walk instead of riding in a car, they save fuel. When they choose products that have less packaging, they save paper and plastic. There is less garbage. Saving in these ways is called conservation.

Conservation is the wise

use of natural resources so

that people do not waste

them or use them up.

Conservation is the wise

use of natural resources so

that people do not waste

them or use them up.

Water from homes is filtered through sand in ponds like these in Florida. Farmers use the recycled water for their orange trees.

Click on the star with the

correct answer

Click on the star with the

correct answer

Conservation

Conservation

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Nonrenewable

resource

Nonrenewable

resource

renewable resource

renewable resource

Conservation

Conservation

RecyclingRecycling

Trees, iron ore, water, and air are each a _____.

Conservation

Conservation

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Nonrenewable

resource

Nonrenewable

resource

renewable resource

renewable resource

Conservation

Conservation

RecyclingRecycling

A natural resource that can be replaced in a fairly short period of time is a ______.

Conservation

Conservation

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Nonrenewable

resource

Nonrenewable

resource

renewable resource

renewable resource

Conservation

Conservation

RecyclingRecycling

A resource that cannot be replaced once it is used up is a ______.

Conservation

Conservation

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Nonrenewable

resource

Nonrenewable

resource

renewable resource

renewable resource

Conservation

Conservation

RecyclingRecycling

The saving and wise use of Earth’s resources is called ______.