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Economics
Consider the Resource
In this exercise, soybean farming teaches us the differences
between
natural, human and capital resources.
Economics
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Discoveries from U.S. soybean
farmers and their checkoff.
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Discoveries from U.S. soybean
farmers and their checkoff.
What’s The Word?
Consider the Resource
natural resources, human resources, capital resources, productive resources
WhatInAre
thisResources?
exercise, soybean farming teaches us the differences
human
resources.
Manybetween
things arenatural,
needed to
make aand
goodcapital
or a service.
These things are called
productive resources.
What’s The Word?
Productive
human resources,
naturalproductive
resourcesresources
and capital resources.
naturalresources
resources, include
human resources,
capital resources,
Human
resources
are the workers.
What
Are Resources?
Natural
resources
things
that acome
natureThese
and are
unchanged
Many
things areare
needed
to make
goodfrom
or a service.
things
are calledby human hands.
productive
resources.
Examples of natural resources are water, air, trees, minerals and animals.
Productive
resources
include human
natural resources
and capital
resources.Examples of
Capital
resources
are man-made
toolsresources,
and equipment
used to produce
a product.
Human
resources
are
the
workers.
capital resources are factories, equipment and tools such as hammers, saws and computers.
Natural resources are things that come from nature and are unchanged by human hands.
Examples of natural resources are water, air, trees, minerals and animals.
Activity
are man-made
and equipment
used
to produce
a product.
Examples
StudyCapital
each resources
picture below.
Then, on tools
a separate
sheet of
paper,
write the
name or
draw a of
capital
resources
areresource:
factories,human,
equipment
and tools
as hammers, saws and computers.
picture
of each
type of
natural
andsuch
capital.
Activity
Study each picture below. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, write the name or draw a
picture of each type of resource: human, natural and capital.
Adapted from materials developed by the United Soybean Board