Natural Resources

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

When water flows across the surface of the earth it is called?

• Watershed

• River

• Run Off

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water found in the spaces between rock particles below Earth's surface is called

• groundwater

• surface water

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  tributary

• 
  watershed

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What does the quantity of groundwater that can be stored depend upon?

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  It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.

• It depends upon the underground depth of the storage system.

• It depends upon the pH of the groundwater.

• It depends upon the temperature of the underground rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Poorly sorted soil...

• has high pore space

• 
  has low porosity

• has high porosity

• • means water will move through quickly

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

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  require expensive equipment

• can be found all over 

• take millions of years to replace

• 
  provide all the energy we use

Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This resource comes from plants that died millions of years ago. Thick layers of rock and soil covered the dead plants. The pressure of the rocks and soil turned the plants into a solid

• Oil

• Copper

• Iron

• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The map shows that different regions of the world have different soil types.

Which of the following is most likely true?

• The soil type of a region depends on the type of geologic processes that occur there and the rate at which they occur.

• All types of vegetation are able to grow equally well in all soil types around the world.

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  The geologic processes that result in soil occur at the same time and at the same rate in every region of the world.

• The soil type of a region depends only on the distance of that region from the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossils are found mostly in which type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous Rock

• Amber

• Metamorphic Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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