Mon Prof Augmenté
Natural resources and where they come from
Age 10 Geography
Almost everything you use each day starts somewhere in nature, and each thing comes from its own place. Food is grown on farms or raised as animals, metals are mined from rocks deep in the Earth's crust, and wood is cut from trees in forests. Water is collected from lakes, rivers and rain, while oil is drilled from ancient deposits far below the land or the sea. Because these resources take a long time to form, we need to use them carefully.
Examples
- The carrot on your plate grew in soil on a farm, and the milk beside it came from a cow.
- The wooden chair you sit on and the paper in your notebook both started out as a tree in a forest.
Key takeaways
- Food, metals, wood, water and oil each come from a different place in nature.
- Natural resources are not endless, so we should use them wisely.