Natural Resources Matching Worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s match each description on the left with the correct category on the right.

We’ll go one by one:

1. “rivers, oceans, glaciers, lakes” → These are all bodies of water. So this matches water resources.

2. “forests, wildlife, crops” → These are living things or come from living things. That’s what “biotic” means — related to life. So this matches biotic resources.

3. “resources that replaced by nature and can be used over and over” → This describes things that renew themselves, like sunlight, wind, or trees (if managed well). So this is renewable resources.

4. “resources that hold different metals and chemicals” → Metals and chemicals found in the ground are minerals. So this matches mineral resources.

5. “resources that cannot be replaced, or will take millions of years to replace” → These are things like coal, oil, gas — they don’t grow back quickly. That’s nonrenewable resources.

6. “resources formed in the Earth’s crust from plant and animal matter over many years” → That’s exactly how fossil fuels (like coal, oil, natural gas) are made. So this matches fossil fuels.

Now let’s write the final matched pairs clearly.

Final Answer:
- rivers, oceans, glaciers, lakes → water resources
- forests, wildlife, crops → biotic resources
- resources that replaced by nature and can be used over and over → renewable resources
- resources that hold different metals and chemicals → mineral resources
- resources that cannot be replaced, or will take millions of years to replace → nonrenewable resources
- resources formed in the Earth’s crust from plant and animal matter over many years → fossil fuels