Starter quiz
- Which of the following items are found naturally?
t-shirt
water ✓
laptop
wood ✓
- What does 'natural environment' mean?
- Places that are all around us and have been built by humans.
- Places that are found naturally, without humans building them. ✓
- Places that have animals living in them.
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- People need access to __________ and __________ to live.
- coal and gas
- trees and lakes
- food and water ✓
- houses and cars
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- Which of the items below require energy to work?
- computer ✓
- oven ✓
- a table
- car ✓
- watch ✓
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- Which continent is missing from this list? Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America.
- 'Antarctica ' ✓
- Which continent in the world has the biggest land size?
- 'Asia' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match each keyword to its correct definition.
- natural resource⇔materials produced by the environment that humans can make use of ✓
- energy⇔the power to make things work ✓
- renewable⇔something that will not be used up or run out ✓
- Which of these are natural resources?
- computers
- oil ✓
- diamonds ✓
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- Which of these sources of energy are renewable?
- coal
- wind ✓
- sun ✓
- oil
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- Natural resources are ______ distributed around the world.
- 'unequally' ✓
- Which of these natural resources are essential for life?
- water ✓
- gold
- diamonds
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- In what ways can oil be useful to our lives?
- heating for homes ✓
- fuel for vehicles ✓
- building material
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Natural resources are materials produced by the environment that humans can make use of.
- All of these natural resources are important to us and our daily lives, some are renewable and some are not.
- Natural resources are unequally distributed globally and people have unequal access to them, which can cause conflict.
- Some resources, like food and water, are essential to life; others, like precious gem stones, are not.
Common misconception
Coal, gas and oil are the only natural resources.
There are many other natural resources, including water, food and precious stones.
Keywords
Resource distribution - Resource distribution means how resources are spread out across a geographic area.
Energy - Energy is the power used to make things work, for example to provide heat or light or to operate machinery.
Minerals - Minerals are chemical substances that are formed naturally and are found in the ground or in rocks.
Renewable - Renewable means that something can be re-used and will not be used up or run out.
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