Earth's Resources and Human Impact

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

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

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

• using rechargeable batteries

• all of the above are good conservation practices

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If the factory in this diagram was NOT practicing good environmental conservation, what effect would be produced?

• air and water pollution

• good fishing for recreation

• plentiful animals in the river

• purified drinking water

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How does population growth affect natural resources?

• The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.

• The less people on the planet, the more resources are used daily

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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resources

• fossil fuels

• pollution

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.

• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

• They can never be replaced quickly.

• They cannot easily be replaced.

• They can be recycled.

• They can be made in factories.

Which of the following are fossil fuels?

• Coal, water, oil

• Oxygen, coal, oil

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

• None of the above

Dirt, sand and silt are classified as what type of pollution?

• toxins

• sediment

• nutrient

• bacterial

The use of resources, such as fuel and food, by specific populations

• Consumption

• Overexploitation

• Deforestation

• Biodiversity

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When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to

• soil salinization

• desertification

• waterlogging

• monocropping

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