Natural Resources

Non renewable resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use.

• Rock that contains metal

• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago

• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

Ore is

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use

• Rock that contains metal

• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.

• Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 

A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--

• using natural gas

• having a coal furnace

• setting up wind turbines

• burning oil

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can

• Only use the resources at school

• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat

• they can be found underground

• they produce pollution

• they take a long time to be replenished

Which answer describes the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?

• A renewable resource is a resource that is scarce while a nonrenewable resource is a resource that is abundant.

• A renewable resource is a resource that is constantly being supplied while a nonrenewable resource is a resource that is being used up faster than it is being replaced.

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  A renewable resource is a resource that is abundant while a nonrenewable resource is a resource that is scarce.

• A renewable resource is a resource that is being used up faster than it is being replaced while a nonrenewable resource is a resource that is constantly supplied.

Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum

• all of the above are good conservation practices

• limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving

• using rechargeable batteries

.................. is the decline in the productive capacity of land for some time or permanently.

Sliding of huge debris, rocks and other material down the slope is known as ..................

• Land Slides

• Volcanic eruptions

• earthquakes

• Tsunami

What is Overfarming?

• Rapid expansion of urban areas.

• Too many cattle herded in the same area

• Planting too much of one crop and farming it repeatedly over a large area

• Mass cut of trees in forested area reducing wildlife and causing erosion