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🌎 Protecting Earth's Resources

Explore the natural resources our planet gives us, how they can be harmed, and the everyday ways we can protect them.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Earth's Natural ResourcesDefine natural resources and tell renewable resources apart from nonrenewable ones.Natural resources are things from nature that people use, such as water, soil, trees, and sunlight. Renewable resources like sunlight, wind, and water refill naturally in a short time. Nonrenewable resources like coal, oil, and gas took millions of years to form and can run out.
When Resources Are in TroubleExplain how pollution and habitat loss harm resources and living things.Pollution adds harmful things to the air, water, or land, making people and animals sick and damaging ecosystems. Cutting down forests and clearing wild land destroys habitats that animals need for food and shelter. Both threaten the resources living things depend on.
Caring for Our PlanetDescribe ways to conserve resources, including the three Rs, clean energy, and protecting water.People can protect resources by reducing, reusing, and recycling, by switching to clean energy like solar and wind, and by keeping water clean. Protecting habitats and planting trees help too. These everyday choices connect and add up to a healthier planet.

Questions this course answers

What is a natural resource?

A natural resource is something from nature that people use, like water, soil, trees, or sunlight.

Which of these is a renewable resource?

Wind is renewable because it keeps blowing and nature never runs out of it.

Why are coal and oil called nonrenewable?

Coal and oil formed over millions of years, so once used up they are gone for a very long time.

What is pollution?

Pollution is harmful material added to the air, water, or land that can hurt living things.

What do the three Rs stand for?

The three Rs are reduce, reuse, and recycle, habits that cut waste and save resources.

Why does clean energy like solar and wind help the planet?

Solar and wind energy do not burn fuel, so they make very little pollution and keep the air cleaner.

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National Geographic Kids
Britannica Kids
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Khan Academy

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