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Describing renewable and nonrenewable energy resources
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Natural Resources Worksheets
Renewable and nonrenewable resources, energy sources and their effects, fossil fuels, products made from natural resources and ways to conserve.
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Renewable or nonrenewable
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View all 2 pagesRenewable and nonrenewable resources cut and paste
Sorting energy resources into renewable and nonrenewable
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View all 2 pagesRenewable and nonrenewable resources worksheet (No Cutting)
Sorting energy resources into renewable and nonrenewable
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Energy and the environment
View all 2 pagesEnergy resources Chart: pros and cons worksheet
Comparing how energy resources are used and how they affect the environment
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View all 2 pagesFossil fuels reading passage for 4th grade
Explaining how fossil fuels form and how using them affects the environment
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Using and saving resources
View all 2 pagesNatural resources and products matching worksheet
Matching natural resources to products made from them
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View all 2 pagesConserving natural Resources: save or waste Energy?
Identifying actions that conserve energy and natural resources
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View all 2 pagesNatural resources vocabulary worksheet
Using natural resources vocabulary in context
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View all 2 pagesNatural resources quiz for 4th grade
Reviewing renewable and nonrenewable resources and their effects
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About these natural resources worksheets
Natural resources are things from nature that people use: water, air, soil, trees, minerals and fuels. Renewable resources, like sunlight and wind, can be replaced. Nonrenewable resources, like coal, oil and natural gas, take millions of years to form and can run out.
These natural resources worksheets start with a poster and a renewable or nonrenewable sort (cut and paste or write the numbers). A chart compares energy resources and their effects on the environment, a passage explains how fossil fuels formed, and pages link resources to products and to everyday choices that save energy.
Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.
Standards
NGSS 4-ESS3-1Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.C3 D2.Geo.8.3-5Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
How to use them
- Begin with the poster. List the energy your class used this morning: lights, a bus, a heater.
- Use the sort, then the energy chart to discuss trade-offs.
- Do an energy audit of the classroom after the save-or-waste page.
Teaching tips
- Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because they took millions of years to form.
- Every energy source has trade-offs: renewable sources do not run out, but wind and sunlight are not always available.
- Trees are renewable only if new trees are planted and given time to grow.
Questions teachers and parents ask
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources can be replaced in a person's lifetime, like sunlight, wind, water and trees. Nonrenewable resources, like coal, oil and natural gas, take millions of years to form and can run out.
Why are coal, oil and natural gas called fossil fuels?
They formed from the remains of plants and tiny sea creatures buried millions of years ago.
How does using resources affect the environment?
Burning fossil fuels puts smoke and gases into the air, and mining and drilling can harm land and water. Renewable sources make less pollution but have their own costs, like dams that block fish.