Natural Resources
Managing Resources
Human impact on the atmosphere
Human impact on water
Human Impact on Land
100
Natural occurring resources used by humans
What are natural resources


100

Combustion engines produce air emissions know as exhaust.  What is the main impact of exhaust on the environment?

What is global warming?

100

What is the primary contributor to allergies and respiratory illnesses in urban areas?

What is air pollution?

100

How have the Everglades been affected by human activity?

What is human controlled the flow of water, which reduced the water, and organisms lost their habitat and food sources?

100

Sustainable forest management helps forests remain a renewable resource.  What is on method of forest management that is not sustainable?

What is clear-cutting logging practices?

200
A natural resource that is being created as fast as it it used
What is a renewable resource?
200

The protection of natural resources

What is conservation?

200

When acid becomes part of the rain and snow, what is not a result of acid rain?

What is air pollution?

200

Comes from one specific point

What is point-source pollution?

200

What would happen if the wetland becomes developed?

What is increased erosion?

300
A resource that is produced slower than it is consumed
what is a nonrenewable resource?
300

A non renewable resource

What is a resource that can not be replaced in a reasonable amount of time?

300

What happens when ozone is found closer to Earth's surface?

What is it is a pollutant that may be toxic?

300
Comes from many small sources and is difficult and hard to control
What Non-point source pollution?
300

What action most likely leads to desertification?

What is overgrazing by farm animals?

400
A nonrenewable resource created from the buried remains of dead plants and animals
What are fossil fuels?
400
What is the most likely result from changing natural water flow?

What is the ecology and biodiversity in areas where water flow is changed will also change?

400

What would be the most likely impact of large-scale removal of Earth's forests?

What is an imbalance in the ratio of carbon dioxide and oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?

400

Dead fish are found downstream in a river in an urban area where there are lots of factories.  Which type of pollution from the factories is most likely killing the fish? 

What is heat?

400

If all the trees in a forest were cut down and removed, what would be the most likely result?

What is the remaining topsoil would be exposed and vulnerable to wind and water erosion? 

500
Natural resources that are used to create food, drinks, and objects
What are material resources?
500

Humans have caused problems such as desertification. What is an example of sustainable management practice for natural resources?

What is erosion control

500
rain that contains acid from air pollution
Acid precipitation
500

What type of pollution can volunteers clean up on the beach to protect ocean life?

What is trash?

500

Forests provide essential resources for people worldwide.  What is one effect of deforestation?

What is a decrease in topsoil in deforested areas?

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