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Using Resources (Economic Decisions)

Using Resources (Economic Decisions). KEY DEFINITIONS Terms we need to know . . . to help our understanding of the important aspects of our topic. Economics Economic decisions Resources Natural resources Cultural resources Renewable resources Non-renewable resources Labour resources

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Using Resources (Economic Decisions)

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  1. Using Resources (Economic Decisions) KEY DEFINITIONS Terms we need to know . . . to help our understanding of the important aspects of our topic

  2. Economics • Economic decisions • Resources • Natural resources • Cultural resources • Renewable resources • Non-renewable resources • Labour resources • Capital resources • Goods • Services • Economic activities Key Terms of Economics

  3. Economics is . . . how people and groups use limited resources to produce goods and services to satisfy their unlimited wants and needs • Economic decisions are the choices people make about how to use resources

  4. Resources are things which people use to produce wealth. • When individuals talk about their resources they often mean their money, or any property which can be turned into money . . . but there are many types of resources Resources

  5. Natural Resources come from nature. • Examples are land, minerals, oil, native forest, fish, scenery, sea, wildlife, rivers. Natural Resources

  6. Cultural Resources are made by people. • Examples are people themselves and . . . Cultural Resources

  7. Renewable Resources can renew themselves, if they are managed well. i.e. rate of use is slower than rate of renewal • Examples are wind, wave energy, solar energy, exotic forests Renewable Resources

  8. Non-renewable resources cannot be replaced once they have been used because they have taken millions of years to form i.e. rate of use is faster than rate of renewal • Examples are natural gas, coal, native forests Non-renewable resources

  9. What is a natural resource? • What is a cultural resource? • What is a renewable resource? • What is a non-renewable resource? • A resource natural to the environment • A resource specific to a cultural people • A resource that grows back and can be used again. • A resource that cannot be used again because the rate of use is faster than rate of growth.

  10. Labour resources are provided by people (human resources). • Examples are mental and physical skills - you use mental skills when you design a surfboard and you use physical skills when you make the surfboard. Labour resources

  11. Capital Resources are products made by people which can be used again to produce other goods. (human-made resources) • Examples are machines, buildings and tools Capital Resources

  12. Choose your own colours for your key • Cultural • Non-renewable • Capital • KEY: • Natural • Renewable • Labour TASK:Identify different types of resources & colour them to match the key

  13. Definitions Review • Natural resources • Cultural resources • Renewable resources • Non-renewable resources • Labour resources • Capital resources Is a pine forest a natural or cultural resource? Is a rimu forest renewable or non-renewable Is sunshine a renewable OR non-renewable resource? Is oil a renewable OR non-renewable resource? Is grass a renewable OR non-renewable resource? Are tractors and bulldozers a capital OR natural resource? Is a container load of butter a capital OR natural resource? What sort of resource is a school? What sort of resource is coal? What sort of resource is the Buller River?

  14. Goods are products or objects, especially ones which can be carried, felt or held. • Examples are playstations, ipods and pizza. Goods

  15. Services are useful functions done by people. • They are not objects like goods so you can not feel or hold them. People usually pay for services. • Examples are a doctor, plumber Services

  16. Checking our understanding • Natural • Cultural • Renewable • Non-renewable • Labour • Capital Give an example of a resource you have to pay for. Give an example of a good you have to pay for. Give an example of a service you have to pay for. What type of resource is a flower in the garden? What type of resource is a rubber tyre? What type of resource is a cotton t-shirt? What type of resource is a fish in the ocean? What type of resource is water from a tap? What type of resource is a rimu table? Write your own question and answer it. More Definitions Questions

  17. TREES • pine trees for paper Thinking of examples helps our understanding ... • Draw your own diagram with these headings. • Write examples of resources which people can use • Put the instruction sheet in the recycling bin when finished

  18. Economic Activities Economic Activities is about making, distributing and using resources, goods and services. A person who uses resources, goods and services is called a consumer. Economic activities explains why your sandwich costs $3, the clothes and shoes you want cost $120, and a movie can cost $60 million to make while you might earn $8 per hour for your after school job.

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