Natural Resource Definition
A natural resource is anything in nature used by living things, like water, forests, and minerals. For example, forests provide materials for shelter.
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Natural Resources
Fun Facts
- Nearly all things that humans make, like robots, come from natural resources.
- We can conserve natural resources by following the 3R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
- Plants and animals need natural resources like water and air.
Why Do We Need To Know About Natural Resource
Studying natural resources helps us see how important they are in our everyday life and why we need to save them. For example, natural gas is used to heat our homes and cook our food. This is important for our energy needs and for making things like stoves work.
Materials like wood and rubber are used to build things and make everyday items like baseball bats and car tires. This shows how natural resources are connected to jobs in building, making things, and protecting the environment.
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In this lesson, we learn that:
- Things people use from nature are called natural resources.
- Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
- Plants and animals also need natural resources like water and air.
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