To Renew, or to not Renew, That is the question.
This is the only option that is not considered a renewable resource: water, coal, air, or sunlight.
What is coal?
This is a primary way humans use land as a natural resource.
What is growing crops?
This natural process ensures that water is continuously replenished, making it a renewable resource.
What is the water cycle?
Hydrothermal mineral deposits are formed by chemical reactions caused by this intense geological phenomenon.
What is heat near tectonic plates?
A natural resource is something on Earth that living things use to meet their _______.
What are needs?
These resources are used up faster than they can be replaced, making them difficult to replenish.
What are nonrenewable resources?
This term describes any naturally occurring material that organisms, including humans, use to meet their needs.
What is a natural resource?
This fraction represents the amount of Earth's freshwater that is stored underground.
What is about one-third?
The uneven distribution of minerals on Earth is caused by these natural processes rather than human activity.
What are geological processes?
The term "resource" includes everything we use, such as air, soil, timber, and _______.
What is water?
Resources that can be replaced by natural processes within a relatively short time, such as sunlight, wind, water, and plants.
What are renewable resources?
This energy source, derived from ancient plant and animal remains, is essential for generating electricity.
What are fossil fuels?
These geographic areas typically contain the best groundwater deposits due to porous rocks.
What are valleys?
These living organisms help form soil by creating passageways and adding organic matter as they decompose.
What are bacteria, fungi, and decomposers?
Over millions of years, the remains of ancient plants and animals transformed into fossil _______.
What are fuels?
Unlike water, wind, and solar energy, this fossil fuel is considered a nonrenewable resource.
What is oil or natural gas or coal?
These underground formations trap oil and natural gas, preventing them from escaping to the surface.
What are geologic traps?
This characteristic determines how easily water can flow through rock and soil.
What is permeability?
This is what happens to soil formation in areas with steep landscapes.
What is erosion removing soil, leaving slopes bare?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Water moves through cracks in rocks, carrying dissolved minerals. The water can flow out of a _______.
What is a vent or spring?
This process occurs over millions of years as ancient plants and animals break down to form fossil fuels.
What is decomposition under heat and pressure?
The type of fossil fuel that forms depends on these four factors, including the type of organic matter and environmental conditions.
What are organic matter, temperature, pressure, and time?
It can take up to 400 years to form just one centimeter of this essential layer of Earth's surface.
What is topsoil?
The richest and most sustainable soils are found in areas with this type of climate.
What is moderate temperature and precipitation?
The ability of water to pass through sediment and rock is called _______.
What is permeability?