RENEWABLE AND

NONRENEWABLE
RESOURCES
 RENEWABLE RESOURCES

Plants People

Animals
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES

Soil Natural Gas

Coal
 WAYS PEOPLE DESTROY
NATURAL RESOURCES
Activities Effects on Natural Resources
When roads are built, mountains are blown off Damage natural habitats and/or kill plants and
using dynamite. animals.
Rice fields are turned into residential or
commercial centers.
People cut too many trees for lumber or paper or
building houses.
More factories are being built to keep up with the
demands of a fast growing population and
industrialization.
Too much mining and quarrying for the purpose of
getting precious metals and stones and gravel.