The products we use in our daily lives are either found naturally or manufactured from materials we take from our environment. This book is about natural resources. Where do we find them? How do we use them? How can we make them last?

 

This book is part of a book series called Livewires .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. Materials and their properties; 2. Water; 3. Where does water go?; 4. Land; 5. Salt in the soil; 6. Minerals; 7. Mining materials; 8. Mining and the environment; 9. Fossil fuels; 10. For the future.