Social

Studies
Indicator II
Boston International School
Second term 2016

 Identify

different kinds of landforms

and natural resources to determine
which ones are found in Colombia.
Biblical principle
Acts 17:26
26 From one man he made all the
nations, that they should inhabit the
whole earth; and he marked out their
appointed times in history and the
boundaries of their lands.

You are walking through a lush forest. A soft

cushion of needles keeps your foot steps silent.
You smell the trees. You hear chipmunks in the
branches. Birds dart back and forth. This is a
beautiful place. But the trees may soon be cut

Natural resources are living things from

the Earth that living things need.

Trees are an example of natural
resources.
Renewable resources are resources that
can be replaced in a fairly short time. They
can be made again by nature or people.
Example: when trees are cut down, new

A nonrenewable resource is a resource

that cannot be replaced.
Many natural resources come from
below the ground.
Ores (minerals with metal), coal and
oil are nonrenewable.

Natural resources can be also be living

or nonliving.
Plants, trees, and wild animals are all
examples of living things resources.
Nonliving resources include water,
metals, minerals, and soil.

Conservation
is the wise
use of natural
resources so
that people do
not waste
them or use
them up.

CLASS ACTIVITY
Complete with the correct meaning.
1.The saving and wise use of Earths resources is called
______.
2.A resource that cannot be replaced once it is used up is
a ______.
3.A natural resource that can be replaced in a fairly short
period of time is a ______.
4. Trees, iron ore, water, and air are each a _____.

1. Read Genesis 1:26-31

Answer:
Did God create natural resources?
What does God say about conserving
natural resources?

How

can people use natural resources responsably?

2. |Write a list of 5 renewable resources and 5 nonrenewable resources in Colombia.
3. Pages 106 - 111