Natural Resources: Earth’s Treasures! 🌱🌎

 

Hi Earth Helpers!

Today in science, we are going to learn about natural resources — the valuable materials and energy that come from nature and help us live our everyday lives.

Vocabulary:

Recycle

Conserve

Environmental impact

Natural resources

Renewable natural resource

Nonrenewable natural resource

 

1. What is the environment?

The environment is the space in which we live, and it is everything around us. It contains both living beings and non-living elements. It is very important to take care of the environment.

 

2. What is environmental contamination?

Environmental contamination is the presence of elements harmful to humans and all living beings.

 

The environment is contaminated in various ways, including:

·   Air pollution: Due to the emission of gases from automobiles, smoke from factories, burning of forests, etc.

 

·   Soil pollution: Due to the garbage that people throw.

 

·   Water pollution: Due to the presence of chemical products and plastics in rivers and seas.

 

3. Which daily activities contaminate, or pollute the environment?

- Use a lot of plastic, for example, drink water from plastic bottles

- Leave the lights on

- Throw gum on the ground

- Leave the water tap open

- Throw disposable wipes in the toilet

- Drive cars that use gasoline

- Create a lot of garbage

 

4. What daily activities can reduce the contamination, or pollution of the environment?

- Save energy: turn off lights

- Reduce car use/ use public transport/ ride bycicle

- Reduce the use of plastic

- Separate and recycle

- Turn off the water taps

- Do not throw papers into the toilet

- Quick showers

- Reuse paper

- Collect garbage