Natural Resources Vocabulary

1. Natural ResourcesVocabulary

2. Vocabulary Flip Book • Fold your paper in half width wise • Fold each half in half again • Cut front flaps into 6 equal parts • Write vocabulary word on the front flap • Summarize the definition in your own words on the inside of the flap • Draw a picture on the final side • Color the picture

3. Fold your paper in half (like a taco) Fold this side to the middle of the page Fold this side to the middle of the page

4. Fold each half in half again Fold this side to the middle of the page Fold this side to the middle of the page

5. Cut each flap into 6 equal parts Cut here Cut here

6. Add vocabulary words Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word Word

7. Draw pictures and color them Word Draw Draw Word Word Draw Word Draw Word Draw Draw Word Draw Draw Word Word Word Word Draw Draw Draw Word Draw Word

8. Vocabulary Words • Non-renewable resource – an energy resource that takes millions of years to form from the remains of plants and animals such as coal, oil, and natural gas • Renewable resource – an energy resource that is replaceable by natural means such as trees or wind • Inexhaustible resource – an energy resource immediately replace and will not run out • Biomass – biological material such as plants material or animal waste converted to a useable energy source, a renewable resource

9. Vocabulary Words • Solar energy – the Sun’s energy is collected and converted to useable energy, an inexhaustible resource • Geothermal energy – heat is harnessed (captured) from deep beneath the Earth’s surface and converted to a useable energy, an inexhaustible resource • Hydropower – the movement of water moving through a dam is converted to a useable energy, a renewable resource • Wind energy – turbines harness (capture) the movement of air and convert it to useable energy, an inexhaustible resource

10. Vocabulary Words • Nuclear power – the splitting of uranium atoms to release energy; nonrenewable resource • Natural gas – a gas usually found above petroleum deposits and burned to obtain energy, a non-renewable fossil fuel • Petroleum/Oil – liquid petroleum formed from once living marine organisms and burned to obtain energy, a non-renewable fossil fuel • Coal – a hard, black substance extracted from the ground and burned to obtain energy, a non-renewable fossil fuel