Types
of Natural Resources
Directions: Use the links
below to help you answer the questions from your worksheet. Note—the links are
in order with the questions. Click here if you need worksheet.
*There are
different types of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Click here to
find out a list of types.
*Why is wind
considered a natural resource?
Click here to
find out the answer.
*Wood is a
renewable resource. What are some other sources?
Visit this site to
learn more.
*Coal is a
nonrenewable resource. What are some other sources?
Visit this site to
learn more.
*Forms of
energy
Navigate
here to learn the answer to this question.
*Classify
energy
Navigate
here to learn the answer to this question.
*How was oil
formed over time?
At
this site you will learn how a nonrenewable resource called oil or
petroleum was formed.
*Since we
can’t “make” nonrenewable natural resources what can be done to help this
problem?
Visit one of these sites to
find out—
DNR Kids Web Department
of Environmental Protection
*Finally,
let’s learn what an inexhaustible natural resource is.
Visit
this site to find out the answer.
*Renewable vs
Nonrewable, what is the difference?