Renewable Resources
Water
Outdoor Recreation
Statistics
General
100
True or False: Wildlife is a renewable resource.
What is TRUE.
100
What is the main use of water?
What is AGRICULTURE.
100
What is a huge problem with land area in the US?
What is urban expansion.
100
What % of US land is able to be used as farm ground?
What is 66%
100
How can we conserve natural minerals?
What is improved mining and processing, and limited use.
200
List three examples of natural resources.
What is trees, water, wind, fish, soil, etc.
200
What contributes to water pollution?
What is chemicals, fertilizers, sewage, landfills.
200
Name two factors that may affect wildlife populations.
What is harvest numbers, predators, starvation, disease, poaching.
200
What % of the earth is covered in water?
What is 70%
200
What are the two types of pollution?
What is point source, and non-point source.
300
True or False: Trees are a non-renewable resource.
What is FALSE.
300
Where is most of our clean water located?
What is icebergs.
300
What group are vacation farms popular with?
What is city dwellers.
300
How many acres of US land are used for recreation?
What is 2.3 billion!
300
What common construction material renders land nearly useless after implemented?
What is concrete.
400
Oil is a _________ time resource.
What is ONE.
400
The average American uses _______ gallons of water a day!
What is 150 gallons.
400
How much of our top soil have we lost to erosion in the past 100 years?
What is 1/3
400
How much of our land is privately owned?
What is 60%.
400
How many species of animals have become extinct in the US since colonial times?
What is 48 species.
500
What is the major enemy of our soil?
What is EROSION.
500
What percent of the earth's water is in the ocean?
What is 97%
500
List 5 examples of outdoor recreation facilities.
What is dude ranches, yacht clubs, resorts, vacation farms, camping grounds, ski resorts, etc.
500
_____ % of our land is suitable for crop production.
What is 17%
500
What is a point-source type of pollution?
What is a source of pollution that is easy to detect and find.
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