KS3 Geography › Natural resources: Can Earth meet our needs?

Natural Resources

Everything people use comes out of the ground, the sea or the soil somewhere. Some of it grows back and some of it doesn't — and the countries with the most of it are often the poorest, which sounds backwards until you understand the resource trap.

KS3 Geography · Year 7–9 · Free worksheet with answers

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Define natural resources and give examples of ones you use every day
Explain the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources
Classify a resource as renewable or non-renewable and justify the choice
Describe how natural resources are spread unevenly around the world
Explain why countries import resources they cannot produce themselves
Explain the natural resource trap and why resource-rich countries can struggle to develop

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