VOCAB
USING NATURAL
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
HARMING NATURAL RESOURCES
PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES
HODGEPODGE
Whatever?
100
This is anything in nature people can use to meet their needs.
What is a natural resource?
100
Water is a natural resource. Name 2 ways people use water.
What is for bathing, cooking, cleaning, drinking, boating, swimming, traveling, shipping goods, raising animals, growing plants?
100
Name two ways to save water at home.
What is taking a shorter shower, turning off water when brushing teeth, don’t leave water running when filling something up, using shower instead of bath tub, washing dishes in sinks full of water?
100
The 3 R’s of protecting natural resources.
What is reduce, reuse, recycle?
100
Sally sorts her garbage by placing glass bottles in a separate container. She is doing this.
What is recycling?
100
Renewable or not? Coal
Not Renewable.
200
List 3 non-renewable natural resources
What are oil, petroleum, natural gas, minerals, ores?
200
Copper is a natural resource. Name two ways people use copper.
What are for plumbing, electrical wiring, and coins?
200
Name 2 causes of water pollution.
What is trash, oil spills, waste from factories?BONUS!
200
To protect natural resources, we all need to "conserve" them. What does this word mean?
What is keep safe or secure?
200
Most fossil fuels are formed in these areas.
What is the location of ancient oceans?
200
Which of the following is the first step in the recycling process?
- collecting and sorting used products
- burning or burying unusable waste
- making new goods from recycled materials
- buying and reusing recycled goods
What is #1?
300
This is waste that harms the air, water or land.
What is pollution?
300
List three natural sources of energy that do not get used up like coal, gas and oil do.
What are water, wind, sun?
300
Name a cause of air pollution.
What is smoke or fumes from factories and cars?
300
List two ways that reusing a metal lunchbox can help the environment.
What is fewer new things are made from natural resources and also less trash is made?
300
Some natural resources are considered non-renewable because
What is they take a very long time to form?
300
Which of the following best describes what these machines are doing?
What is converting wind energy to electricity?
400
To calculate the amount of a resource used for each person in a given area.
What per capita consumption?
400
This natural resource is the most important for human life.
What is water?
400
Sea animals are harmed by this specific form of pollution in the ocean because it may resemble food..
What is plastic?
400
What resourcenis this?
Fossil Fuel?
400
Geological processes, like earthquakes, tectonic plate movement, etc are the cause of this?
What is natural resource distribution?
400
Which of the following explains why the United States must import oil?
- We waste more oil than we recycle.
- We possess more oil than we need.
- We use more oil than we produce.
- We must produce gasoline for export.
What is #3?
500
This diagram shows layers of rock with fossils within it. Which fossil in the strata is the youngest?
What are the fish fossils?
500
Even though the population in the US has held steady over the past 15 years or so, this has increased
What is per capita consumption?
500
An increase in the human population may lead to more of this.
What is increased pollution?
500
the decisions people make when it comes to using natural resources will determine this.
The availability of future natural resources
500
The Earth's history is broken into time periods called eras and periods. These begin and end based on this.
What are events of mass extinction or a dominance of a particular species?
500
Which of the following best describes oil production after 2011?
- a conclusion
- an estimate
- an inference
- a prediction
What is #4?
600
Fared collects & places plastic bottles in a blue tub. What will most likely happen to the plastic bottles?
Recycle?
600
In which substance would one most likely grow the hydroponic tomato?
What is sand?
600
To save electricity, the Clark's do not use a clothes dryer since they hang them up. Reuse? Reduce? or Recycle?
reduce
600
Mrs. Nichols should use egg cartons that are made from which recycled material?
What is cardboard?
600
Where do fossil fuels form?
Deep underground.
600
Which of the following is an example of conservation?
- wearing clothes that are less colorful
- eating more fruit for breakfast
- showering in cooler water
- doing extra work in science class
What is #3?
700
Which statement about the graph is true?
- Oil was first produced in 1930.
- Most of the oil was produced in 2010.
- Oil production will decrease after 2020.
- No oil will be produced after 2070.
What is #2?
700
Which of the following farming techniques is meant to keep heavy rain from washing away the soil?
What is contour plowing?
700
Which natural resource is being used?
What is sunlight?
700
Which portion of energy use in the United States comes from renewable resources? 
What is the smallest portion?
700
When people run their washing machine only when it is full. they are conserving ____________.
What is water?
700
In which state would xeric landscaping most likely be seen?
What is Arizonia?
800
If you want to generate heat for the house with renewable energy. Which resource should they use?
What is Solar Power?
800
Which material comes from a renewable resource?
- lumber
- plastic
- granite
- oil
WHAT IS #1?
800
Which is the most important reason to conserve resources that are nonrenewable?
So they will not disappear forever?
800
Old magazines can be recycled to make which of the following?
What is paper?
800
Goods sold at a farmers’ market travel only short distances between the place where they are produced and the place where they are sold. How might this save natural resources?
Save fossil fuels.
800
Which statement best describes what is happening in the picture?
Oil is being refined into gasoline