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16 Cards in this Set
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What is a resource?
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A resource is a material that is found in nature and that is used by living things.
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What do all living things need?
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water
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What is in the air that people need to take in?
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oxygen
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What are some resources that can be found under the Earth's surfce?
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oil, coal, diamonds
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What are some resources that can be found on the Earth's surface.
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Water and soil
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What is a resource that is above the Earth's surface?
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air
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How are resource below the Earth's surface collected?
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They are mined by people who dig tunnels deep under the ground.
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What is strip mining?
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Strip mining is one way people collect resources from below the Earth's surface. Big machines scrape away soil and rock. Then the machines take the materails from the holes that are left.
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How is oil and water collected from below the Earth's surface?
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It can be pumped from the Earth's crust. People also dig wells in the ground to reach these materials.
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What is plastic made from?
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materials found in oil
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Some energy plants burn --- to produce electricity.
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oil
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List two products that come from trees.
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paper, food, wood
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Name two resources that people need to live.
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oxygen, water
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Which resource is found below Earth's surface?
trees, air, oil, soil |
oil
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What do you do when you compare things?
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you think about how they are alike and how they are different
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What do you do when you classify things?
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you group things that are alike
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