This document classifies natural resources as either renewable or nonrenewable. Renewable resources, such as trees, plants, animals, water, sunlight and wind can be replenished naturally or through human efforts. Nonrenewable resources like coal, oil, natural gas, gold, silver and iron exist in finite amounts and get depleted once extracted from the earth. The document provides examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources and asks the reader to classify additional resources into the two categories.

1. Renewable and
Nonrenewable Resources
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Natural resources are classified into 2 groups
according to their production.
Renewable
Resources
Nonrenewable
Resources

3.  Produced
continuously by
nature
 Can be grown or
made again
 Can’t be used up if
we take care of
them
 Keeping Earth clean
helps protect these
resources
Trees Plants
Animals Air
Sunlight Water
RENEWABLE

4.  Trees and Plants
 Animals
 Water
 Sun
 wind

5.  Resources that can’t
be replaced.
 Might be used up
eventually because
Earth made them
long ago with
certain amount.
 Example: fossil
fuels and metals
coal oil
Natural
gas
Gold
Silver Iron
Nonrenewable

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Classify the following resources into renewable or
non renewable:
trees coal water silver
oil copper animals sun
Natural gas soil windgold
Renewable
Resources
Nonrenewable
Resources