Study Guide on Natural Resources

Name ____________________________ SOL 4.9 a,b,c,&d

1) What do we call resources found in nature? __________________________________

2) Name a type of rock that is strong and is used in public buildings. _______________________________________________

3) Resources not made by nature are __________________________________________

4) This rock, broken down, is used to build roads ________________________________ .

5) A type of rock that is very strong and can be used for floors, buildings and counter tops. _____________________________________________

6) A rock that can be used for roads or ground up to make cement. _________________

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7) This fossil fuel is a hard rock used as fuel for energy. It was made a very long time ago from decayed plant material and burns easily - ______________________________

8) A forest planted by people __________________________________________

9) A forest that grows naturally __________________________________________

Water Features and Water sheds:

1) An inland body of water – often circular - __________________________________

2) Long, ribbon like waterways that flow toward the ocean- ______________________

3) Land that water flows over to a final deposit place _____________________________

4) A body of water surrounded by land on three sides that opens to a larger body of water. __________________________

5) Be able to name our watershed – Potomac/Shenandoah watershed and locate it where Loudoun County is on a Virginia map .

Discussion ideas:

Discuss how erosion happens. Imagine soil without any tree roots in it. Then a huge storm hits. What happens to the soil and plants in that area?

List Natural Resources, Man-made resources, etc.

Natural Manmade resources Renewable resources Non-Renewable Resources

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