Natural Resources Topic

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource

• Human Resource

• Plants

• Fossil fuels

Which of the following is NOT a Natural Resource?

• Coal
• Paper
• Solar
• Wind

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Lithosphere

How are natural resources such as water distributed around the world?

• They are only distributed in the southern hemisphere

• Unevenly

• Evenly

• They are only distributed in the northern hemisphere

What 3 letters do we use when we want to describe the distribution of something? (bonus points if you can say what they stand for!)

Why do we need Tropical Rainforests?

• We don't need them for anything

• To increase areas for farming.

• We get our fossil fuels from them

• They absorb carbon dioxide and provide us with oxygen

What are the 3 main types of geography?

• Physical, human and environmental

• Social, economic and environmental

• Economic, physical and environmental

• Historical, physical and human

"The lack of freshwater resources to meet water demand" is the definition for what key word?

• water conservation
• water pollution

• water scarcity

• water loss

Why is China investing in Africa?

• To put military bases in Africa.

• To get more tourists to visit Africa.

• To reduce the amount of trade it does with other countries.

• To get natural resources to make more products with.

Give one way humans are damaging soil

• Planting trees

• Crushing the soil with farming equipment

• Using no fertilisers

• Overwatering crops