Natural resources are substances that occur naturally. They can be sorted into two categories: biotic and abiotic. Biotic resources are gathered from the biosphere or may be grown. Abiotic resources are non-living, like minerals and metals.
Biotic Natural Resources
Examples of biotic natural resources:
- Birds
- Ferns
- Flowering plants
- Fruits
- Fungi
- Insects
- Lichens
- Mammals
- Microbes
- Mosses
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Reptiles
- Shrubs
- Trees
- Worms
Biotic Resources Grown as Crops
- Basil
- Bay
- Brussels sprouts
- Carrot
- Catnip
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Cotton
- Corn
- Garlic
- Oat
- Okra
- Parsley
- Peanuts
- Peas
- Rice
- Rye
- Sorghum
- Squash
- Sugarcane
- Sunflower
- Wheat
- Zucchini
Biotic Resources in the Ocean
- Crustaceans and lobsters
- Fish
- Octopi
- Seaweed and kelp
- Shrimp
- Whales and dolphins
Abiotic Natural Resources
Here are examples of abiotic natural resources:
- Barites
- Bauxite
- Chromite
- Coal
- Copper
- Diamond
- Gravel
- Gold
- Iron Ore
- Lead
- Marble
- Limestone
- Nickel
- Platinum
- Pumice
- Salt
- Sand
- Silver
- Sulfur
- Talc
- Vanadium
- Zinc
Natural Energy Resources
- Biofuels - Fuels made from plants and animals
- Geothermal energy - Energy generated from and stored in the earth
- Hydroelectric power - Water drives the turbines that produce electricity either in dams or tides
- Natural gas - This is a fossil fuel
- Nuclear energy - Created by splitting the atom
- Solar energy - The sun’s rays heat solar cells that make electricity
- Wind power - The wind turn the turbines that make electricity
Natural Resources by Country
Here are examples of natural resources from select countries around the world:
Australia
- Bauxite
- Coal
- Copper
- Diamonds
- Gold Lead
- Iron ore
- Mineral sands
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Petroleum
- Silver
- Tin
- Tungsten
- Uranium
- Zinc
Brazil
- Bauxite
- Gold
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Manganese
- Nickel Petroleum
- Phosphates
- Platinum
- Timber
- Tin
- Uranium
Canada
- Coal
- Copper
- Diamonds
- Fish
- Gold
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Molybdenum
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Petroleum
- Potash
- Silver
- Timber
- Wildlife
- Zinc
China
- Aluminum
- Antimony
- Coal
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Mercury
- Magnetite
- Manganese
- Molybdenum
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Tin
- Tungsten
- Uranium
- Vanadium
- Zinc
Egypt
- Asbestos
- Gypsum
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Limestone
- Manganese
- Natural gas
- Phosphates
- Petroleum
- Talc
- Zinc
France
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Bauxite
- Coal
- Feldspar
- Fluorspar
- Fish
- Gypsum
- Iron ore
- Potash
- Timber
- Uranium
- Zinc
Greenland
- Coal
- Diamonds
- Fish
- Gold
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Molybdenum
- Niobium
- Platinum
- Seals
- Tantalite
- Uranium
- Whales
- Zinc
India
- Arable land
- Bauxite
- Chromite
- Coal
- Diamonds
- Iron ore
- Limestone
- Manganese
- Mica
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Titanium ore
Italy
- Arable land
- Asbestos
- Barite
- Coal
- Feldspar
- Fish
- Fluorspar
- Marble
- Mercury
- Potash
- Pumice
- Pyrite
- Zinc
Kenya
- Diatomite
- Fluorspar
- Gemstones
- Gypsum
- Hydropower
- Limestone
- Salt
- Soda ash
- Wildlife
- Zinc
Mexico
- Copper
- Gold
- Lead
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Silver
- Timber
- Zinc
New Zealand
- Coal
- Gold
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Limestone
- Natural gas
- Sand
- Timber
Norway
- Copper
- Fish
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Petroleum
- Pyrites
- Timber
- Titanium
- Zinc
Seychelles
- Cinnamon Trees
- Copra
- Fish
South Africa
- Antimony
- Chromium
- Coal
- Copper
- Gem diamonds
- Gold
- Iron ore
- Manganese
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Phosphates
- Platinum
- Salt
- Tin
- Uranium
- Vanadium
Sri Lanka
- Clay
- Gems
- Graphite
- Hydropower
- Limestone
- Mineral sands
- Phosphates
Sweden
- Arsenic
- Copper
- Feldspar
- Gold
- Hydropower
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Silver
- Timber
- Tungsten
- Uranium
- Zinc
Thailand
- Arable land
- Fish
- Fluorite
- Gypsum
- Lead
- Lignite
- Natural gas
- Rubber
- Tantalum
- Timber
- Tin
- Tungsten
Ukraine
- Arable land
- Coal
- Graphite
- Iron ore
- Kaolin
- Magnesium
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Oil
- Salt
- Sulfur
- Timber
- Titanium
United Kingdom
- Arable land
- Chalk
- Clay
- Coal
- Gold
- Gypsum
- Iron ore
- Lead
- Limestone
- Natural gas
- Potash
- Petroleum
- Salt
- Silica sand
- Slate
- Tin
- Zinc
United States
- Bauxite
- Coal
- Copper
- Lead
- Gold
- Iron
- Mercury
- Molybdenum
- Natural gas
- Nickel
- Petroleum
- Phosphates
- Potash
- Silver
- Timber
- Tungsten
- Uranium
- Zinc
Uzbekistan
- Coal
- Copper
- Gold
- Lead
- Molybdenum
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Silver
- Tungsten
- Uranium
- Zinc
As you can see, there are many different natural resources all over the world.
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Natural resources are substances that occur naturally. They can be sorted into two categories: biotic and abiotic. Biotic resources are gathered from the biosphere or may be grown. Abiotic resources are non-living, like minerals and metals.
