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Something from the natural environment (water, air, trees, and fuels)
that is used to meet one's needs and wants.
Natural resources are organized into 2 groups:
Renewable and Non-renewable resources.
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Renewable Resource
Replenished by a natural process
greater than
the demand.
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Non-Renewable Resource
Used at a greater rate than the
environment can replenish and can not be re-made or re-grown.
It is said that these will run out in the
year 2200!
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Wood
Paper
Leather
Oils from plants (this is a new energy
source that is growing in use-ethanol)
Oxygen
Fresh water
Oxygen
Geothermal heat
Sunlight
Wind
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Fossil fuels (found right below the top
layer of the earth)
Gasoline
Coal
Natural gas
Diesel
Petroleum
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_resource
http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/
http://www.gadnr.org/
Labor – human effort used in production which
also includes technical and marketing expertise. The payment for labor
(workforce) is a wage or a salary.
Capital goods are human-made goods which are
used in the production of other goods. These include machinery, tools and
buildings. Sometimes in an
Entrepreneurship, the people can serve as capital.
Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting
new organizations, particularly new businesses.
An entrepreneur is a person who operates a new
organization or company and assumes some accountability for the risks of
running it (since a lot of new businesses fail).
http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/
http://www.epa.gov/kids/air.htm
http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/search.php3?query=water+pollution&x=11&y=15
http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/
http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/
http://www.sosforkids.com/
http://www.ukrivers.net/pollution.html#general
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/kids/whatwrng.htm
Game: Stop the Pollution http://www.sosforkids.com/stop_pollution.html
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