1. -What are natural resources?
LESSON 1
-What are natural resources?
READ:
A natural resource is anything which we take to use from the natural environment.
fish, trees, wheat, oil, water, cotton, iron ore, gold etc. etc.
When a natural resource is taken from the environment it is called a raw material e.g. the rock that iron ore is found in, a tree cut down in a forest, a fish caught in the ocean
Before we can use many natural resources, they usually have to be extracted from the environment, processed in a factory, then transported to where we want to use it.
What we need and want are called the demand. The natural resources are called the supply.

2. This kind of
fishing is
called
“trawling”
Wheat
farming
Producing
Hydro-electric
power
Drilling
for oil
Logging
Rock
containing
iron –
“iron ore”

3. What is a natural resource?
COPY THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR ORGANIZER:
Definition:
A natural resource is anything which we take to use from the natural environment.
Examples:
fish, trees, wheat, oil, water, cotton, iron ore, gold….
ADD YOUR OWN EXAMPLES IF YOU HAVE TIME

4. What are raw materials? COPY THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR ORGANIZER:
Definition:
When a natural resource is taken from the environment it is called a raw material.
Examples:
-rock that contains iron (iron ore) taken from a mine
-a tree cut down in a forest
-a fish caught in the ocean
-salt in ocean water
-silty mud taken from the bottom of a river
ADD YOUR OWN EXAMPLES

5. What are demand and supply?
COPY THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR ORGANIZER:
If people need something, it is called the “demand”.
Example: There is a huge demand these days for micro chips/semi-conductors for modern technology.
Finding and using natural resources to meet the demand is called the “supply”.
Example: Semiconductors are made from silicon. It is a common mineral found in sand. It is mined to meet the demand.

6. What is “processing” of raw materials?
Most “raw materials” have to be changed before we can use them. This is called “processing”. Raw materials are “processed” to create “products” that we can use.
COPY THE DEFINITION:
Processing: changing a natural resource (raw material) so we can use it.
Copy the chart on page 203 into your organizer to give examples of natural resources (raw materials), processing, and products.
An oil refinery
Fuels we
get from oil
Be aware…
Oil also gives
other
products

7. Processing – Making Jeans
On page 203, read the paragraph “Processing Resources”.
In point form, write a step by step procedure for making jeans.
The finished
product
Cotton
field

8. Unit 1: Natural Resources
Read and study pages in your textbook…
Create a title page for this unit titled
Unit 1: Natural Resources
It should include illustrations of the images seen on slide 3, as well as key terms for the unit.