Soil, wood, oil. minerals, petroleum, water are considered natural resources because they occur in their natural form and are not made by human beings.Humans can only modify natural resources. The energy that makes natural resources comes from geochemical, geophysical and solar energy.

2. Natural resources are anything we
take from the earth and use.
Examples or natural resources are
oil, minerals, water, plants, animals,
rocks and the air we breathe.

3. Natural resources
can be
categorized into
three different
groups –
renewable,
nonrenewable,
and inexhaustible.

4. Some natural
resources will
eventually be
used up so
conservation of
these resources
is very
important.

5. Renewable resources
are
those that nature
produces
again and again.
Examples
of renewable resources
Include plants animals
water oxygen and
soil.

6. Many of these
resources go
through some
sort of cycle and
can be replaced in
a lifetime.
If used carefully, we
will not run out
of these
resources.

7. These resources
can be polluted
air and water or
contaminated
soil. It is
important for
people to try to
protect these
resources from
pollution and
contamination.

8.  Nonrenewable
resources are
resources that
cannot be
replaced or take
thousands to
millions of years
to form.

9.  Fossil fuels are
materials that
come from the
decayed remains
of dead plants
and animals that
are burned to
produce energy.
Oil, coal, and
natural gas.

10.  Silver
 Gold
 Diamonds
 And other
gemstone.

11.  Are those that
have an unlimited
supply. They will
not be used up.

12.  Wind
 Sunlight
 Ocean tides