Natural Resources Exploration

Name:

Date:

Natural resources including water, trees, minerals and soil

🌍 Part 1: Understanding Natural Resources

1. What is a natural resource?

Something made in a factory

Something found in nature that people use

Something only found in cities

Something that costs a lot of money

2. Which of these are natural resources? (Tick all that apply)

Fresh water from rivers

Plastic bottles

Timber from trees

Iron ore from mines

Mobile phones

Soil for growing crops

3. Circle the correct answer: Coal is a _____________ natural resource.

renewable / non-renewable

4. Circle the correct answer: Trees are a _____________ natural resource.

renewable / non-renewable

5. Fill in the blanks using words from the box:

Word Box: animals, water, minerals, plants, air, soil

We need clean ________ to drink and ________ to breathe. Farmers grow crops in rich ________ and use ________ like wheat and corn to make food. We also get resources from ________ like wool from sheep, and we mine ________ like gold and copper from the ground.

💭 Part 2: Thinking About Resources

6. Name three natural resources you use every day at home:

1. ________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

7. Explain why natural resources are important to humans and animals:

8. Choose one natural resource and describe how we can protect or conserve it:

Natural resource: ________________________

🎨 Part 3: Creative Exploration

9. Draw and label two different natural resources in the space below. Write one sentence about why each one is important:

Resource 1: ________________________________________________

Resource 2: ________________________________________________

10. Extension Activity: Research and list three natural resources that are particularly important to Australia. Explain why one of them is special to our country:

1. ________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

11. Reflection: What is one new thing you learned about natural resources today?