Our Earths Resources

Page
1

Slide 1

Our Earth’s Resources

We use things the

Earth gives us to help us live better lives.

Slide 2

Resource

A resource is something that we can get from the earth over and over again

Examples of resources are:

Air

Water

Soil

Rocks

Slide 3

How we use them

We use resources to make things and to grow things we need

Examples of things we use:

Water to drink and grow plants for food, shelter, and clothing

Soil to grow plants for food, shelter, and clothing

Rocks for building and jewelry

Metals to make cans, building parts, and jewelry

Sand to make glass

Oil to make plastics and gasoline

Slide 4

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

In order to make resources last, we must take care of them

Resources can be:

Renewable – grow over time, like trees

Nonrenewable – we can never get more, like aluminum

Inexhaustible – we will never run out, like air or water, BUT it can be ruined by pollution

Slide 5

So, we must

REDUCE how much we use

REUSE what we can

RECYCLE whatever we can

In order to help our Earth be able to keep providing for our needs.

Slide 6

Examples of resources

Slide 7

Water

Slide 8

Soil

Slide 9

Copper and aluminum

Slide 10

Sand and Limestone

Slide 11

Salt and Silver

Slide 12

Clay and coal

Slide 13

REMEMBER TO:

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Save our Natural Resources!