1. Inside and around the earth are natural resources: Things We Use

2. For example: Copper Wood Diamonds Oil Water Wind
What else can you name?

3. There are 2 types of natural resources:

4. Much of our natural resources we turn into energy

5. Our Environment has been shaped & continues to be shaped by natural forces.

8. 1. Water!

9. Water! Contd.
Glacial Erosion!

11. Plate Tectonics 2. Mountain Building
Plate movements have created forces that changed the land and created mountains.

12. Plates moving together
The Atlantic and Pacific plates are in continual movement.
When they push together they can create mountains.
Other plates around the world do this too.

13. Mountain Building

14. Mountain Ranges in Utah
Many of our mountains are new, in geologic time.
The Uinta’s are much older.
Do you notice anything unusual about the Uinta’s when you compare them to the other ranges in Utah?

15. The Rocky Mountains are unusual
The Rocky Mountains are unusual. They were not created in the typical way.

17. 3. Volcanoes

18. The three main types of volcanoes differ in shape, size, and make-up; the differences partly result from the different types of eruptions.
Shield Volcano – Cedar Hill, located north of Great Salt Lake, bears a resemblance to several Hawaiian shield volcanoes. The volcano is approximately 1,150,000 years old.
Don’t panic! The last volcanic action in Utah was 600 years ago.

19. Did you know that Utah has all three types of volcanoes?

20. Utah’s volcanoes are so old they are hard to see.
The Tushar Mountains in Central Utah are stratovolcanoes.

23. Some types of natural resources are brought to the surface by these forces.
Gems stones are formed deep beneath the earth. They are brought to the surface through volcanic activity.
Other minerals are also brought to the surface in this way.
This is why Kennecott Mine, in the Oquirrh Mountains, has copper.

25. 4. Wind!

26. 5. Faults shape the earth
Where plates create stress in the Earth’s surface, the crust can break.
Faults are fractures in the Earth’s surface.
They are often where there are mountains.

27. There are three basic types of faults.
Three types of Faults
Strike-slip faults
Normal faults
Reverse faults

28. Utah’s Faults 90% of Utah’s population live on a fault line.
Earthquakes occur where there are fault lines.
Earthquake safety is an important thing to talk about at school and at home.

35. The End