Natural Resources

What is a resource?

• something we can take
• something we can find
• something we can use
• something we can give

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ONLY refers to the total value of FINAL goods and services produced in a country in one year

• True
• False

What type of GDP shows the average level of wealth in a country per person?

• Nominal GDP

• Real GDP

• GDP per capita

Check all of the boxes that contain a major natural resources.

• iron ore

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum/oil

• All of the above

The Black Forest is located in Germany. What environmental issue is it facing?

• radioactive contamination of waterways
• acid rain due to nuclear fallout
• acid rain due air pollution from industries and high population density
• deforestation due to logging and building of highways

Where did the worst nuclear disaster in European history occur?

• London
• Chernobyl
• Berlin
• Paris

Which was a result of the "Great Smog of 1953"?

• transportation was affected

• sickness

• deaths

• all of the above

Which is the MAIN source of air pollution TODAY in the United Kingdom?

• acid rain

• logging and mining

• vehicle emissions

• burning coal

Which illnesses are linked to poor air quality?

• asthma

• congestive heart disease

• acid reflux

• pneumonia

• influenza