Vocabulary
This term describes a useful source of material or energy that comes from nature.
What is a natural resource?
This liquid formed millions of years ago from the burial of marine organisms.
What is petroleum?
This type of freshwater is considered nonrenewable because it is replenished more slowly than humans use it.
What is groundwater?
Most copper comes from magma that forms at this type of plate boundary.
What are convergent plate boundaries?
This is the most important reason why so many species are currently at risk of extinction.
What is habitat destruction?
This type of resource is replenished faster than it is used up, or exists in such a great supply that it cannot be depleted.
What is a renewable resource?
This clean energy is generated from heat deep underground, often near plate boundaries.
What is geothermal energy?
This massive structure, completed in 1935, provides hydroelectric power for over 1.3 million people.
What is the Hoover Dam?
This term refers to the extent to which soil supports plant growth.
What is soil fertility?
To study human impact on the environment, scientists analyze these two statistics.
What are total consumption and per capita consumption?
This rock contains a large amount of valuable elements and can be mined for profit.
What is ore?
Geothermal energy is most commonly located at these two types of plate boundaries.
What are divergent and convergent boundaries?
These urban areas use green roofs and special pavement to allow water to soak in and prevent flooding.
What are Sponge Cities?
To help their soil hold more water and triple their crop yields, farmers in Bolivia added this material to the land.
What is cow manure?
This practice involves giving wood a "second chance" by turning removed trees into art or furniture.
What is upcycling?
Scientists use this term to describe the AVERAGE amount of a certain resource consumed by a single person in a specific area.
What is per capita consumption?
This category of petroleum usage makes up 68% of the total daily consumption in the U.S.
What is transportation?
To help fish reproduce, smart river management uses these to mimic natural rain cycles.
What are timed "pulses" of water?
Farmers in Kenya fix the land and reduce food insecurity by building these "steps" on hills.
What are terraces?
Forests are important for wildlife because they provide these two necessities.
What are habitat and food?
This term refers to the use of natural resources in a way that ensures their availability for future generations.
What is sustainable (or sustainability)?
Petroleum is used to produce this substance, a key ingredient in making clothing, tires, detergents, and medical equipment.
What is still gas?
These are the THREE separate functions or benefits of freshwater.
What are survival, habitats, and fertilizing soil (or moves nutrients)?
This is the length of time it takes to make 1 cm of soil.
What is 100 to 1,000 years?
These three improvements during the Industrial Revolution led to increased life expectancy and rapid population growth.
What are food production, medicine, and sanitation?