Unit C: Earth's Land
Chapter 4: Earth's Resources
Chapter 4 Introduction
Every day you use Earth's resources. The paper you use is made from trees. Your soda can is made of metal that was dug out of the Earth. Plastic bottles are made from oil pumped out of the Earth. You can't live a single day without using hundreds of Earth's resources.
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Chapter 4, Lesson 1: What are Resources?
Summary
A resource is a material that living things use. Resources include air, water, soil, trees, and minerals. We need resources such as air and water to live. We use other resources, such as minerals, to make things we need. Click on the button below to watch and interact with a video. |
Chapter 4, Lesson 2: What are Different Kinds of Resources?
Summary
Renewable resources, such as trees, can be replaced. Inexhaustible resources, such as air, water, and the sun, are used over and over again and do not run out. Nonrenewable resources can be used up. Oil, soil, minerals, and old-growth forests are nonrenewable resources. Click on the button below to watch and interact with a video. |
Chapter 4, Lesson 3: How Can We Conserve Earth's Resources?
Summary
Recycling is using old or used materials. When we recycle, we need fewer new resources to make new products. This makes the resources last longer. People can conserve, or use less of a resource, when they can't recycle. Click on the button below to watch and interact with a video. |
For Review
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