4.7C Resources
BY MR. CRAMER
Student Expectations
You are expected to identify and classify
Earth’s renewable resources, including air,
plants, water, and animals; and
nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil,
and natural gas; and the importance of
conservation.
Important Ideas
1.
Renewable resources include air, plants, water, and
animals, which are generally replaceable within a
lifetime.
2.
Nonrenewable resources include coal, oil, and natural
gas, which cannot be replaced within a lifetime.
3.
We should make responsible decisions to conserve
both renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Vocabulary
Renewable Resources: air, plants, water, animals
Non-Renewable Resources: Fossil Fuels: coal, oil,
natural gas
Conservation
Exhausted
Renewable Resources
Renewable Resources are resources that
can be replaced within a lifetime. These are
replaced by nature, again and again.
Renewable Resources
Wind or air is a renewable resource. We
breathe air and use the wind to create
energy.
Renewable Resource
Trees and plants are a renewable resource.
Many things eat plants and we can make
fuel from corn.
Renewable Resources
Water is a renewable resource and is
necessary for life. We can use water to
create electricity.
Renewable Resources
Animals are renewable resources. We
eat animals for energy.
Conservation
Conservation is to protect resources
and avoid wasteful and destructive use.
Exhausted
Exhausted is when a resource is completely
used up.
Non-Renewable Resource
A non-renewable resource cannot be
replaced within a lifetime. It usually takes
millions of years to form.
Non-Renewable Resources-Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources formed
from the decayed remains of ancient plants and
animals.
Non Renewable Resource-Coal
Coal is a fossil fuel created from decayed plant and
animal matter. Coal is used to power electrical power
plants.
Formation of Coal
Non Renewable Resource
Oil, also known as petroleum, is a non-renewable resource
found underground, that is mainly used to make gasoline for
cars.
Non-Renewable Resource
Natural Gas is a non-renewable resource, that is a
burnable gas found underground, and used as fuel.
Formation of Oil and Natural Gas
Natural Gas is less dense than oil so it
settles on top of oil.
U.S.A. Energy Consumption by Source
Questions
1. What are renewable resources and what makes
them renewable?
2. What are nonrenewable resources and what
makes them nonrenewable?
3. What are responsible decisions concerning the
conservation of renewable and nonrenewable
resources?