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Clarendon Learning explores Our Natural Resources
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Can I ask you for a moment to consider this fantastic planet we live on?
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It IS remarkable. There is no other planet like ours; the planet we call Earth.
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Nothing like it in our solar system and there is no other planet like this one
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as far as we know
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in the whole Milky Way Galaxy!
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Yes
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earth is unique and diverse
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and everything we need to live and enjoy our lives is right here on planet earth.
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When we talk about the things that are available in nature; things that are found in
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and on and around the earth; things that are used to sustain our lives,
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or things that are used to make other things that we may enjoy our lives
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all these things that the earth provides are called natural resources.
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Think for a moment and answer this question what is the one thing you could not do without?
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Did you say smartphone! DUDE really?!
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Let me rephrase the question.
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What is the one thing you can not LIVE without?...and please don’t say your smartphone.
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Who said cheeseburgers?
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Now you're getting closer! The food you eat comes from Natural Resources!
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Maybe you said you can’t live without Water or Air...
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BINGO!
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People need clean water and clean air to live, and these are Natural Resources.
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Here is a short list of Natural Resources and you may think of many more!
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Water
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Air
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Coal
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Oil
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Natural Gas
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Minerals
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Soil
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Timber
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and forests and plants.
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I think we could also include things that provide other forms of energy like wind
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and the sun as a Natural resource.
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And while we're at it let’s also include animals that are used for food and clothing as a
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natural resource.
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Of course, I’m referring to cattle and poultry and pigs and fish and other game animals.
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Natural Resources are categorized in two basic groups. Renewable and Non-Renewable.
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Oxygen
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Fresh Water
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trees and plants are examples of renewable resources
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these are things that the earth continues to provide,
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as well as solar energy from the sun and power from the wind.
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And if animals continue to have babies they can be lumped in with the renewables.
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Non-renewable resources however are like things that once you use it,
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it's gone forever.
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Resources used to provide energy like oil and natural gas and coal are non-renewable
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these resources were in the earth for millions of years and as we use them and burn them
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up in our cars and machines and homes...they are gone forever.
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Also, in this group would be resources that are mined; like gold, silver and other ores like
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iron and metals that cannot be replaced.
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People began making use of these natural resources when they began making
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bricks of earth and clay and began diverting rivers and streams to build reservoirs
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and irrigate crops.
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They planted seeds to grow food and raised and controlled herds of cattle;
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and mined gold and gemstones to adorn themselves with jewelry.
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They cut down trees and made log homes.
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Early people used different resources to trade for what they needed.
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Natural Resources were and are like money.
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As you probably have figured out, it is by using these resources
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that the economies of the countries of the world grow and develop.
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Jobs are created as Natural Resources are used.
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For example,
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ores are mined to make steel to make cars
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timber is harvested to make lumber to build homes.
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Plastics and glass get their start from the resources the earth provides.
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Clothing and textiles; Medicines and machines
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everything gets a start from basic materials provided from what?
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You guessed it! Natural Resources!
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Where does milk come from? Did you say... “the Store”?
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Where does it really come from?
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Food...comes from something that begins in the earth, our Natural Resource.
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Right now, the people of earth rely heavily on a major Natural Resource.
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OIL!
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Oil has been in the earth for hundreds of millions of years
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and people discovered that it was a fuel for energy; it was great
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to burn it to make us warm in the winter
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and use it to power machines
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including automobiles and airplanes and ships.
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We have been pumping it 24 hours a day 7 days a week all over the world.
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But we can't do that forever, can we?
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Remember that oil is a non-renewable resource and when it’s gone it is gone for all time.
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Don’t you think we should find another source of RENEWABLE energy?
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Energy that also is cleaner when used?
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YOU just may be the one to figure out a better way to use our Natural Resources.
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Maybe a better way to use our renewable resources like water, or the wind, or the sun.
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Natural resources are valuable if you consider the value of timber, oil, natural gas
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and minerals,
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here is a list of the countries with the greatest total value in natural resources.
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In the top spot...Russia.
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Number 2 the USA!
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Followed by Saudi Arabia
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Cananda
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Iran
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China
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Brazil
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Australia
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Iraq
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and Venezuela to round out the top ten.
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You may consider watching the Clarendon Learning video titled
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"The Industrial Revolution"
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to see how people have used the resources of the earth to improve our lives.
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In the future, managing and protecting our Natural Resources will take skill.
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It will take ingenuity, technology and knowledge and awareness and careful conservation.
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Remember that much of our resources are non-renewable once they’re gone they are gone for good.
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We will always need clean water; can you imagine a world without clean water?
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Try drinking a glass of dirty water,
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NO THANK YOU!
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As our need for energy increases...we will need people to develop
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improved and efficient sources of renewable power like power from the sun
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and wind and water.
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The use of non-renewables is still important, but it won't last forever.
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Conservation of our resources is like money in a savings account
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you don't want to spend all your money, so you have nothing right?
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Much of our natural resources have many uses;
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for example, we build dams to hold back rivers and create reservoirs
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reservoirs then provide water for large populations to drink,
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to irrigate crops,
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and to provide hydroelectricity and...provide areas for recreation!
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This is a wise use of a natural resource!
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The oceans are huge!
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But they are not fresh water and not for drinking.
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We use trees to provide timber to build homes and make toothpicks
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but we must continue to plant new seedlings to have trees in the future.
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We've got to be smart and learn to use things over and over
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and reduce using things where we can.
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Can you help?
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What can you do to help preserve our Natural Resources?
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And let me ask you again what on this earth can you NOT do without?
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Can you help to keep it around a little longer?
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Can you help protect and conserve our valued Natural Resources?
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I THINK YOU CAN!
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Now you may want to check out the Clarendon Learning Lesson Plan activity page
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and see if you can better identify and classify our Natural Resources!
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