Louisiana Natural Resources

materials found in nature (Earth) that people can use (water, soil, trees)

there is not enough of something to meet all of the people's needs and wants (oil, gas)

people who supply the labor to produce goods and provide services. They are paid for their work.

a resource that will be used up someday such as coal or oil

water, soil, oil, trees, salt

oil, gas, salt, coal

water, trees, air, plastic, animals

to use resources carefully

non renewable resources that are not replaced by nature once they are taken from the environment such as oil, natural gas, salt, sulphur, lignite, sand gravel, and limestone

a resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime

human-made products used to produce goods or services. This includes building and equipment. Rice mills, sugar refineries, oil refineries, cotton gins, and meat packing plants are examples.

used to make matches, medicine, and plastics