Natural Resources
What is a natural resource?
Any material, aesthetic, or commercial asset afforded by nature.
True or False, "Uranium is considered a metallic mineral".
True
What percentage of the world is freshwater?
3%
This fossil fuel resource can be found primarily in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in solid form.
Coal
Fertilizer does what?
Helps plants grow
Plastic is a _________ material, meaning it is man-made
Synthetic
Canada has listed how many minerals as critical minerals?
34
Canada contains ____% of the world's freshwater reserves.
9%
Canadian bank notes are made from what?
Polymers
Fossil-Fuels are non-renewable because:
They take millions of years to replenish and are made from decaying organic matter that must be subject to many eras worth of pressure from the earth.
Rubber comes from what?
Rubber Trees
Potash is rich in which element?
Potassium
Long-term advisories disproportionately affects which communities?
Indigenous communities
What is the other name for Metallurgical coal?
Coking Coal
Land reclamation is:
The process of returning the land to its original state after extraction operations have ceased.
Where can we find most natural gas being extracted in Canada?
Quebec
This element, alongside coal, is used to create steel.
Iron, Nickel
The act of showering uses how much water per minute on average?
20 litres, making it one of the most water consuming activities in households.
The Strait of Hormuz accounts what percentage of the world's oil supply exports?
20%
Spiritually, Economically, Physically, and mentally.
What is the other name for crude oil?
Petroleum
Are fossil fuels minerals?
No
How many Long-term drinking water advisories are currently facing first-nations communities?
38
Limiting the amount of oil that is available to global markets benefits who the most?
Oil Exporters, Oil Producers. The common people do not see this wealth.
Gravel is a type of __________ mineral
Non-metallic, industrial.