Natural Resources
What is a renewable resource?
What is a resource that replenishes naturally at a sustainable rate?
What type of energy is created by flowing water?
What is hydroelectricity?
Which industry involves farming and mining?
What is primary industry?
What does GDP stand for?
What is Gross Domestic Product?
What does an ecological footprint measure?
What is human impact on Earth's ecosystems?
All components of the environment are taken together are called ________
What is total stock?
What is one way companies encourage people to replace their products more often?
What is designing products that break or become outdated quickly, also known as planned obsolescence?
What is an example of a tertiary job?
What is a teacher, nurse, or retail worker?
What is one reason developed countries tend to have more jobs in the tertiary and quaternary sectors?
What is because they have more technology, higher education levels, and service-based economies
Name two things included in your carbon footprint.
What are transportation and home energy use?
Name two flow resources.
What are wind and sunlight?
What is an advantage of tidal energy?
Tides are easily predicted, its reliable, produces no GHG
What industry level involves research and development?
What is quaternary industry?
Where is commercial fishing primarily?
What is BC and Atlantic Canada
What is virtual water?
What is water used to make products we consume?
Sunlight is an example of what?
What is flow resource
What does "alternative energy" mean?
What is energy that reduces our carbon footprint and doesn't rely on fossil fuels?
What are some of Canada's minerals mined?
What is minerals, such as gypsum, limestone, rock salt and potash, and energy minerals, such as coal and uranium.
What is a problem that is in forestry?
Poor forestry practices can result in scrub bush replacing a high-quality forest. Soil erosion can be a serious concern in hilly areas
Why is eating less meat considered more sustainable?
What is because livestock use a lot of land, water, and produce greenhouse gases?
What is a challenge of soil as a renewable resource?
What is soil erosion or loss of fertility from poor farming?
What does a geothermal plant use to generate electricity?
What is heat from below the Earth's surface?
What is the renewable source that farming relies on?
What is soil
Which sector employs the largest portion of Canada's workforce?
Tertiary
What is one benefit of insects as a food source?
What is they require less land, water, and produce fewer emissions?