Science (Earth's Natural Resources )

• NATURAL RESOURCES can help us find things that we can find in our ENVIRONMENT that we can use to meet our needs.
• RENEWABLE RESOURCES are materials that can be replaced easily
• NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES are natural resources that are LIMITED supply or cannot be REPLACED
• examples of NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES are FOSSIL FUELS, NATURAL GAS, and MINERALS
• Examples of RENEWABLE RESOURCES are PLANTS, AND ANIMALS
• PHILIPPINES are considered as RICH in NATURAL RESOURCES
• PHILIPPINES are considered rich in natural resources because of our TROPICAL CLIMATE
• According to PAGASA, the PHILIPPINES experienced 20 TYPHOONS in a year
• PHILIPPINES needs WATER for DOMESTIC, IRRIGATION, and INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES among the others.
• To help and sustain the EARTH'S NATURAL RESOURCES, you can PRACTICE THE FIVE R'S
• The five Rs stands for: REFUSE, REDUCE REUSE, RECYCLE, AND RECOVER.
• REFUSE meaning is SAY NO to single-use PLASTICS such as STRAWS
• REDUCE meaning is reduce the amount of GENERAL WASTE that you create.
• REUSE means to PRACTICE USING SOMETHING AGAIN
• RECYCLE means to TURN MATERIALS in the same/different form that could otherwise be discarded as waste
• RECOVER means to CONVERT WASTE INTO ENERGY RESOURCES.
• sustainable use of natural resources examples are SAVE ENERGY and RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
• SAVE ENERGY means to CONSERVE ENERGY by turning off the lights when not in use.
• RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES - using WIND, SOLAR POWER, and other renewable resources instead of burning fossil fuel.