Natural Resources
Combustion engines produce air emissions know as exhaust. What is the main impact of exhaust on the environment?
What is global warming?
What is the primary contributor to allergies and respiratory illnesses in urban areas?
What is air pollution?
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?
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?
The protection of natural resources
What is conservation?
When acid becomes part of the rain and snow, what is not a result of acid rain?
What is air pollution?
Comes from one specific point
What is point-source pollution?
What would happen if the wetland becomes developed?
What is increased erosion?
A non renewable resource
What is a resource that can not be replaced in a reasonable amount of time?
What happens when ozone is found closer to Earth's surface?
What is it is a pollutant that may be toxic?
What action most likely leads to desertification?
What is overgrazing by farm animals?
What is the ecology and biodiversity in areas where water flow is changed will also change?
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?
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?
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?
Humans have caused problems such as desertification. What is an example of sustainable management practice for natural resources?
What is erosion control
What type of pollution can volunteers clean up on the beach to protect ocean life?
What is trash?
Forests provide essential resources for people worldwide. What is one effect of deforestation?
What is a decrease in topsoil in deforested areas?