1.
HOW
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES
Natural resources are things
that sustain life.
Water
Trees
Plants and
Animals
Are natural resources.
People settle in communities
near resources that meet their
needs.
Shelter is another
name for a place that
provides protection.
In the past , people settled
near natural resources in the
land that is now the UAE. One
important natural resources
is the Arabian Gulf.
The water in the Arabian Gulf is
not drinkable because it is
salty. People used the Gulf for
fishing and they earned money
by pearl diving . Pearls can be
made into jewellery worth a lot
of money.
Some people settled in the
area now called Al Ain. They
brought fresh water from the
mountains to their farms in Al
Ain, and from under the
ground.
People could grow more food
in places like Al Ain than in the
desert. In the past, life in the
desert was difficult because of
the natural environment.
DISCUSSI
ON
2.OTHER
NATURAL
RESOURCES
The earth has many natural resources which
include
• Sunlight
• wind
• Soil
• Stone
• Minerals
• coal and
• oil
•Gold
•Silver
•Lithium are examples of
minerals
•Lithium is used in mobile
batteries
Coal is a hard, black
material people burn for
energy or heat .
People use natural resources in
different ways .For
example ,humans and animals eat
plants. Some people eat animals.
Some medicines are made from
plants. People use trees to build
homes and paper.
People use the natural resources
available in the place they live .People
that live near water usually eat a lot of
fish. People that do not live near
water do not eat much fish. People
trade for the resources they need but
do not have.
Resources are classified as renewable
and non-renewable resources.
Renewable resources can be replaced
within a few years. Non-renewable
resources cannot be replaced for
thousands of years or more. Renewable
resources include wind, water and
sunlight. Non-renewable resources
include coal and oil.
DISCUSSION
3.
NATURAL ,CAPITA
L AND HUMAN
RESOURCES
Human resources are the people
working to make goods or services.
Goods are things like books,
furniture, cars, computers, and
buildings. Services are actions people
do to help others.
Teachers, Doctors, Farmers ,
Bus drivers, and police
officers provide services.
They are all examples of
human resources.
Capital resources are goods which people
use to make goods or provide services.
Tools like hammers or drills are capital
resources because they are used to make
things. Buses or metros are capital
resources because they provide the service
of transportation. People use
natural ,human ,and capital resources to
meet their needs.
DISCUSSION
4.
REDUCING ,R
EUSING , AND
RECYCLING
Did you drink water from a
disposable plastic bottle
today or yesterday? If you
did, What did you do with
the bottle? Did you put it in
a recycle bin? Did you reuse
it?
A plastic bottle lasts at least
400 years.More and more
plastic ends up in nature.Plastic
pollutes nature.Animals think
that the plastic is food, so they
eat it.Eating plastic can kill
animals.
REDUCING:
Reducing means to
use something less. You
can reduce the number of
plastic cups you use if you
drink with a glass.
REUSING:
Reusing means to use
something again. For example,
grocery stores often put things
into plastic bags. You can take
the plastic bags to the grocery
store the next time you go
shopping and use them again.
RECYCLING:
Recycling means to
use the material again but
in a different form. The
toy horses in the picture
are made from recycled
car tires.
DISCUSSION
