Natural Resources
Resource Location
Synthetic Materials
Volcano Risks
Severe Weather
Challenge
100
Plastic is made from this substance, which is also an energy resource.
What is petroleum (oil)?
100
A material that exists in it's natural state, without having been changed by humans for use.
What is a raw material?
100
The process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.
What is recycling?
100
This is the name for molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
100
This nickname is given to the central region of the U.S. where tornadoes are most common.
What is tornado alley?
100
This is a lung condition caused by inhaling volcanic ash; it's also the longest world in the English language.
What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
200
This natural resources is made out of a combination of highly weathered rock and dead plants.
What is soil?
200
This is the name for a place where raw materials are pulled out of the ground.
What is a mine?
200
A secondary product made during the manufacture or synthesis of something else; an unintended result of a process.
What is a byproduct?
200
These tiny, jagged pieces of rock and glass can damage plane engines and lungs.
What is volcanic ash?
200
Hurricanes get their energy from this type of "fuel."
What is warm ocean water?
200
A group off radioactive elements that are not used for many things by humans. All of them have an atomic number higher than 95.
What are the synthetic elements?
300
Wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal power plants are usually said to be this type of energy resource, because their supply is not limited in a typical human lifespan.
What are renewable resources?
300
This type of material is created in a place that looks like this; called a foundry.
What is steel (or other metals).
300
A lightweight and non-magnetic metal used for many purposes, including cans, window frames, the metal case for most consumer products.
(it's the metal you come into contact with the most often)
What is aluminum?
300
A fast-moving, deadly cloud of hot gas and volcanic matter.
What is pyroclastic flow?
300
This type of rotating, long-lived thunderstorm is most likely to produce a tornado.
What is a super cell?
300
This fossil fuel is the primary source of electricity for the Mae Moh power plant which provides Chiang Mai with most of it's electricity.
What is coal?
400
Fossil fuels are typically found where these have been buried.
What are ancient rain forests, coral reefs or swamps?
400
A group of metals that are frequently in the manufacture of advanced electronics, like cells phones. Contrary to their name, they are quite abundant in Earth's crust but can be very polluting to extract.
What are rare Earth metals?
400
A common type of flexible plastic used to make plastic bags.
What is polypropylene?
400
A volcanic mudflow caused by melting snow or heavy rain mixing with ash.
What is a lahar?
400
The two ingredients needed to form a tornado.
What is hot air close to the ground and cold air in the upper atmosphere?
400
This effect, caused by Earth's rotation, makes hurricanes spin in different directions in the North and South.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
The ability of a material to allow fluids to pass through.
What is permeability?
500
Copper ore deposits are usually found near these places.
What is near tectonic plate boundaries or where there has been volcanic activity?
500
A product that is found in nearly every processed food and is farmed from trees that are planted at a huge scale in Indonesia, resulting in deforestation.
What is palm oil?
500
This volcano erupted sideways in 1980, causing a massive landslide and a sideways blast of fast moving volcanic ash, rock, and gas.
What is Mount St. Helens?
500
In the Western Pacific (near Thailand), these storms are called this instead of "hurricanes."
What are typhoons?
500
This is the name of the type of factory that turns crude oil from the ground into a variety of useful products.
What is an (oil) refinery?