Money
Natural Resources
Music
Vehicles
Natural resources
What do we need to have fun
How much of them exist
They will grow back
How we use them
How much they cost
Some natural resources are renewable others are not, in part depending on
Plants
Energy
Natural Resources
Hunters
Natural resources
What do we need for food and clothing
Coal
Minerals
Natural Resources
OIL
Natural resources
What do we need for building material and energy
Clothing
Food, clothing, building materials for energy, and even to have fun
Strong economy
Digging up soil
Energy
To explore space
FUN
Food
Entertainment
What are some basic reasons we need natural resources?
Clothing
Building materials
Making rubber
Rubber for tires from rubber trees and steel frames and other metal parts from minerals such as iron
Art
Music
Making jewelry
Burning rubber
What are other uses of natural resources?
Sea shells
Rubber
Trees
Minerals
Nails
Lead ore
Rubber, timber, steel metal, copper, ore, silver
What are some natural resource sources we can use as building materials?
The can be used to make life easier
Water for hiking and swimming; Forests for swiming. 
Boating
We can use them to produce products used for fun
Making money
Camping
Water for boating and swimming Forests for hiking and camping pine forest
How can natural resources help us have fun?
Clothing
They are needed for food and clothing, for building materials and energy, and to have fun
Shelter
Happiness
Energy
Food
Building fires
Fun
What are natural resources needed for?
Some aren't
Always
Some are, some aren't, depending on how we use them
Are natural resources renewable?
We need natural resources for just about everything we do. We need them for food and clothing, for building materials and energy. We even need them to have fun. Table 2.1 gives examples of how we use natural resources. Can you think of other ways we use natural resources? Use Vehicles Resources Rubber for tires from rubber trees Steel frames and other metal parts from minerals such as iron Example iron ore Electronics Plastic cases from petroleum prod- ucts Glass screens from minerals such as lead lead ore Use Homes Resources Nails from minerals such as iron Timber from trees Example spruce timber Jewelry Gemstones such as diamonds Minerals such as silver silver ore Food Sunlight, water, and soil Minerals such as phosphorus corn seeds in soil Clothing Wool from sheep Cotton from cotton plants cotton plants Recreation Water for boating and swimming Forests for hiking and camping pine forest Some natural resources are renewable. Others are not. It depends, in part, on how we use them. 