📚 Part 1: Identify Natural Resources

WALT: We Are Learning To identify natural resources and classify them as renewable or non-renewable.

Success criteria: I can define a natural resource, classify resources correctly and explain why resources need to be managed.

Dyslexia-friendly options: Read the questions aloud, use a coloured overlay or complete one question at a time. Key words may be highlighted.

1. Which of the following is a natural resource?

Plastic

Coal

Glass

Concrete

2. Which resource is renewable when it is managed carefully?

Uranium

Natural gas

Timber

Coal

3. Select all the non-renewable resources.

Wind

Coal

Crude oil

Sunlight

4. Complete the sentences.

A natural resource is something from the __________________ that people use.

A resource that can be replaced naturally in a short time is called __________________.

✏️ Part 2: Explain and Analyse

5. Explain why fresh water is considered a limited natural resource, even though the water cycle continues.

6. Choose one Australian natural resource. Describe one benefit it provides to people and one possible environmental impact of using it.

7. A household uses 250 litres of water each day. After installing water-saving devices, it uses 180 litres each day. How many litres are saved each day? Show your working.

8. Give two actions a household could take to use energy more sustainably. Explain how each action helps.

🌏 Part 3: Apply Your Understanding

9. A NSW community is planning a new mine. Identify two questions scientists should investigate before mining begins.

10. Design a simple plan for using one natural resource sustainably. Include the resource, the problem being addressed and at least two strategies.

Differentiation strategies: Use the word bank: renewable, non-renewable, conservation, extraction, ecosystem, sustainability and pollution. You may answer in labelled dot points, draw a flow chart or dictate your answers.

Extension activity: Research one NSW natural resource project. Evaluate its economic, social and environmental impacts, then recommend one improvement using evidence.