1. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
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3. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources:
A Lesson
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4. Natural Resources Next Let’s look at them more closely…
Things and Materials that humans can obtain naturally from the Earth are known as Natural Resources. There are two types of these:
Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
Let’s look at them more closely…
Natural Resources
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5. Renewable Resources Next
Renewable Resources are resources that either never run out like wind and solar energies, or are able to be replaced like corn for fuel and trees for building materials.
Renewable Resources
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6. Renewable Resources Next
Other things such as animals, water and the Earth’s heat are renewable as well.
Renewable Resources
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7. Renewable Resources Next
Are all Renewable resources the same? No they are not.
Resources such as wind, solar, water, and heat from the earth (Geothermal) are abundant but must be harnessed and transformed to a usable form like electric current.
Resources such as plants, trees, and animals can be replaced as new offspring are produced, however if use out paces the number of new offspring then the resource could be used up and nonrenewable.
Renewable Resources
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8. Nonrenewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources are resources that once they are used can not be readily replenished like Fossil fuels (Oil, Coal, and Natural gas) and Minerals used in making metals.
Nonrenewable Resources
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9. Nonrenewable Resources
Are Nonrenewable resources gone forever when they are used up?
No, however it may take millions of years for thing link oil, coal, and natural gas to be remade by natural processes in the Earth. If they used up by one generation of humans it would be thousands of generations before they would be available again, if at all. They are, in effect, nonrenewable to the people that currently use them.
Many products made from Nonrenewable Resources like metals and plastics can be recycled giving them a longer life of use. However, there is a finite number of times that these resources can be recycled before they can not be reused again.
Nonrenewable Resources
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10. Similarities and Differences
Both are natural resources
Both can be used as Fuels or Building Materials
Both can be used up forever if not managed correctly
Both can benefit in longer use from recycling
Differences:
The time it takes for renewable resources to be replenished is relatively short (within a human lifespan).
Nonrenewable resources can not readily be replenished, and the only way to make them last longer is through recycling
Similarities and Differences
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11. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources:
A Quiz:
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12. Question 1 Is this a Picture of a Renewable or Non Renewable Resource?

13. Question 2 Can both Renewable and Non Renewable resources be recycled?
Yes No
Question 2

14. Question 3 True or False:
A Renewable Resource can take many, many generations to replenish itself.
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False
Question 3

15. Question 4 True or False: Solar Energy is a Renewable resource? True

16. Question 5 Fill in the blank: Wind is a _______________ resource.
Renewable
Non Renewable
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