Natural Resources
What is a renewable resource?
a resource that cannot be used up
What does Agriculture mean?
True or False:
Trees are considered a non-renewable resource.
What are the three main sources of alternative energy?
Solar, Wind, and Water
What are the three major types of fossil fuel?
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas.
What is a non-renewable resource?
What makes Alberta a great place for growing crops?
Lots of open and flat land.
"Logging" refers to the act of ______?
The objects used to collect and turn sunlight into electricity are called ______.
Solar Panels
True or False:
Fossil fuels are the world's most dominant source of energy.
True
How much time does it take for a Renewable resource to be replaced?
Alberta has the highest quantity of _________ in all of Canada.
Beef cows
What classroom objects are made using wood?
Desks, pencils, paper...
The water we drink in Edmonton mainly comes from ________
The production of Fossil Fuels causes ___________ and ______ health issues.
Environmental and human.
True or False:
It can take non-renewable resources millions of years to be replaced.
True
Alberta is the ___ highest agricultural producer in all of Canada!
2nd
In Alberta, regulations prevent logging companies from doing what?
Cutting down too many trees
True or False:
The biggest drawback to Wind power is that it produces significant greenhouse gas emissions.
False
What is the definition of a Resource?
Useful material that can be drawn from when needed.
What are the three most popular crops grown in Alberta?
Wheat, Barley, and Canola
What were some weird things we learnt that are made using trees?
Chewing Gum and Shredded Cheese
Hydroelectric Dams.
One of the largest Oil Sands deposits in the world is located where in Alberta