NATURAL RESOURCES &

CONSERVATION
CHAPTERS
5.1, 10.4, 11.4 & 15.4

E.Q. How can water, soil & air be

recycled?

Standard S6Ej. Describe methods for conserving

natural resources such as water, soil, and air.

NATURAL RESOURCE
Natural Resource - Any natural material that is

used by humans or
Resources that the Earth provides for you

EX: Water, Petroleum, Minerals, Forests

RENEWABLE RESOURCES
A Natural Resource that can be replaced at the

same rate at which the resource is used.

EX: Trees,Wind, Water

Although many resources are renewable, they still

can be used up before they can be renewed.

Nonrenewable Resources
A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower

than the rate at which it is consumed.

A fossil fuel is a nonrenewable energy resource
formed from the remains of plants & animals that lived
long ago.
EX: Coal, Petroleum (Oil), Natural Gas

Once theyre gone, theyre gone!!

CONSERVING NATURAL
RESOURCES
To conserve natural resources, you should try to

use them only when necessary.

3 Rs
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

SOIL POLLUTION
How can soil be lost or damaged?
Exhausted lose fertility because crops planted year

after year.
Polluted mining, chemical spills, HUMANS
Erosion wind, water
Desertification once wet area, undergoes drought

conditions OR grazing animals OR cutting trees

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HOW CAN SOIL BE

CONSERVED?
Soil conservation is the management of soil to

prevent destruction.

Contour Plowing
Crop Rotation
Conservation Plowing
Windbreaks
Leaving soil fallow

Contour Plowing
plowing fields along curves of slopes

Conservation Plowing
dead weeds and stalks are left in the ground from year to
year

Crop Rotation
plant different crops in a field from year to year

Windbreak
trees planted along the edge of a field

Terracing
Prevents erosion from heavy rains on steep hills

WATER POLLUTION
How can water be lost or cause
damage?
Point-Source Pollution- pollution that comes from

one specific site. EX: leak from a sewer pipe

WATER POLLUTION
How can water be lost or cause
damage?
Nonpoint-source Pollution Pollution that comes

from many sources; Reaches bodies of water as

runoff
EX: street gutters, fertilizers, eroded soil,
drainage from mines

Water Conservation Video

http://www.sesamestreet.org/video_player/-

/pgpv/videoplayer/0/3a878aa1-1cff-464d-a0b064b204cdce3c/water_conservation

How can Water be

conserved?
By using only the water needed

By recycling water

By using drip irrigation systems.

Waste water can be treated by sewage treatment

plants and septic systems

Air Pollution
How can Air cause damage or loss?
Air Pollution - The contamination of the

atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from

human and natural sources

Air Pollutants
PRIMARY POLLUTANTS
Industrial emissions
Vehicle Exhaust
Volcanic Ash

SECONDARY POLLUTANTS
The formation of smog

SOURCES OF HUMAN-CAUSED
POLLUTION
Industrial & Indoor Air Pollution

Acid Precipitation
The Ozone Hole

How Can Air Be Conserved?

By legislation, such as the Clean Air Act
By Technology such as scrubbers

- devices used to remove pollutants before they

are released by smokestacks
By changes in Lifestyle

Final
Countdown

One way in which

something you learned
TODAY relates to
something you learned
previously

Name an
example of
a renewable
resource.

One
Important
fact from
lesson
about Air

Name an
example of
a nonrenewable
resource.

One
Important
fact from
lesson
about Water

One
Important
fact from
lesson
about Soil