Understanding Natural Resources: A Comprehensive Guide

💡Natural resources are resources that come from the environment and are used by humans.

🔄Natural resources can be categorized as renewable (replenished by nature) or non-renewable (fixed amount).

🌿Renewable resources include plants, animals, water, and air, relying on Earth's natural processes.

🔥Non-renewable resources like coal, natural gas, oil, and minerals have a fixed amount and can be used up.

☀️The Sun's energy, although technically non-renewable, is abundant and won't be used up on a human time scale.

What are natural resources?

—Natural resources are things that people use that come from the environment, such as light, air, water, plants, animals, minerals, and fossil fuels.

What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?

—Renewable resources are replenished by nature within a short period of time, while non-renewable resources have a fixed amount and can be used up.

What are some examples of renewable resources?

—Examples of renewable resources include plants, animals, water, and air. These resources rely on Earth's natural processes to be replenished.

What are some examples of non-renewable resources?

—Examples of non-renewable resources include coal, natural gas, oil, minerals, and nuclear energy. These resources have a fixed amount and can be depleted.

Is the Sun's energy renewable?

—Although the Sun's energy is technically non-renewable, there is an abundant amount of it that won't be used up on a human time scale.

00:00Natural resources are things that people use that come from the environment, such as light, air, water, plants, animals, minerals, and fossil fuels.

01:00Resources can be categorized as renewable (replenished by nature) or non-renewable (have a fixed amount).

02:28Renewable resources include plants, animals, water, and air, which rely on the Earth's natural processes to be replenished.

05:27Non-renewable resources like coal, natural gas, oil, and minerals have a fixed amount and can be used up.

10:59Although the Sun's energy is technically non-renewable, there is an abundant amount of it that won't be used up on a human time scale.