The Earth gives us special and important things that we need to help us live. What do we call them?
natural resources
Living things need ___ ___ to ____ and ___ ____ to ___.
Living things need clean air to breathe and clean water to drink.
What do plants need? Why do we need plants?
Plants need sunlight and land to grow. We need plants for food.
What happens when plants breathe?
When plants breathe, they clean the air around them.
Name 5 different natural resources.
air, sunlight, water, wood, land
Why shouldn't we hurt our natural resources?
Because we can't usually make more of them.
Smoke from cars and factories makes the air dirty. Why is it bad?
Because if the air is dirty, people can get sick and plants can't grow.
What makes the air dirty?
Smoke from cars and factories makes the air dirty.
What happens if people throw trash into water? Why is it bad?
That water becomes dirty. We can't drink dirty water, and plants can't grow near it.
Trash goes to places called landfills. How long does it stay there?
It stays there forever.
How are landfills bad for land?
People can't use that land, and farmers can't grow food there.
We use the wood from plants and trees to make a lot of things, like ___, ___, and ___.
paper, houses, and furniture
What does 'reuse' mean?
Make other things (toys) from old things. Don't throw them away.
Reduce the natural resources you use. How? Give one example.
- Take your own bags to the store.
