Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

After reading about a drought in other states, a class of students began to research renewable and nonrenewable ​ (a)   . One group of students focused their research on water. The research stated that 97.5% of the water on Earth is ​ (b)   that is located mainly in the oceans. Only 2.5% of water on Earth is ​ (c)   , which is found in glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, lakes, rivers, streams, the atmosphere, and other locations where surface water is found.

• salt water
• resources
• fresh water
• water

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The research stated that ​ (a)   makes up about 30% of the fresh water found on Earth. One of the ​ (b)   of groundwater is water that soaks into the ground after rain falls and snow melts. Another source is water that seeps deep into the ground from the bottoms of rivers and lakes. Once the water has moved into the ground, it will stay in crevices in fractured rock or pool in ​ (c)   .

• groundwater
• primary sources
• wells and aquifers
• resources

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In Maryland, the ​ (a)   found in a given region determines how the groundwater is stored. West of the fall line shown on the following map, water is found primarily in wells that form in ​ (b)   . East of the fall line, ​ (c)   is found in aquifers, wells, and sediment.

• type of rock
• groundwater
• rock fractures
• minerals

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

The research stated that ​ (a)   is a ​ (b)   for humans. Over 50% of the people in the United States use groundwater ​ (c)   and other daily uses. The amount of groundwater for an area is affected by the ​ (d)   . The figures on the map illustrate the varying levels of groundwater at each location shown.​

• primary water source
• groundwater
• for drinking
• geographic location
• rocks and minerals

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

The students used their model to better understand how water moves through the water cycle. Which phenomenon causes precipitation to reach Earth?

• solar energy

• magnetic energy

• potential energy

• gravitational force

The students reviewed a list of materials and began to classify them as renewable or nonrenewable resources. Which materials can be classified as renewable resources?

Select three.

• water

• metal

• oil

• sunlight

• trees

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources is that nonrenewable resources require

• less material to make than renewable resources. 

• more material to make than renewable resources.

• less time to naturally occur than renewable resources. 

• more time to naturally occur than renewable resources.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

After constructing their model, the students found that water is stored in many different water systems. Which water systems store liquid water after it falls as precipitation? 

Select three.

• aquifers

• atmosphere

• clouds

• lakes

• wells

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The students found that in Maryland some aquifers exist beneath the Ridge and Valley region. Aquifers form in this region of the state because limestone is 

• porous and composed of sediment.

• volcanic and composed of cooled magma.

• nonporous and composed of folded metamorphic rock.

• sedimentary and composed of crystallized igneous rock.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Some of the fractured rock that makes up naturally occurring wells in the Appalachian Plateau region of Maryland is composed of sandstone. This type of rock was formed through

• volcanic activity.

• sediments compacting over time.

• folding and squeezing of rock layers.

• extreme pressure on and heating of rock layers.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5