Team 1
Things that are found in the environment and developed without the help of humans are called:
Natural Resources
This term refers to resources like sunlight, wind, and geothermal heat that can be replenished naturally, and will never run out.
Flow resources
Is wind energy renewable or non-renewable?
renewable
To use less of something
Reduce
Is water renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable but..... can become polluted.
Without this gas we cannot survive:
oxygen
Forests are an important resource for wood and paper, what else are they needed for?
Producing oxygen/reducing carbon dioxide
is oil renewable or non-renewable
non-renewable
The process of collecting used materials and turning them into new products
Recycle
Oil can be drilled out from the ocean (True or False)
True
Energy from sources that can be replaced within your lifetime:
Renewable energy
Energy from sources that when they are used, they are gone
Nonrenewable energy
List three material resources that can be used in construction.
wood
sand and gravel (foundation, cement)
plastics (coal/petroleum)
clay (bricks)
Iron
Why are trees and animals considered renewable resources?
because if they are used faster than they are replaced they can disappear.
The geological history of Earth determines the location where certain minerals can be found. (True or False)
True
The energy that powers all life on Earth comes from:
the sun
A natural resource that is inexhaustible
solar, wind, geothermal, wave (tidal)
is sunlight renewable or non renewable
renewable
To use something more than once
Reuse
Natural resources such as gold and salt, can be found anywhere.. (True or False)
False
A solid fossil fuel that is mined out of the ground.
coal
The substance used to make all fuels for vehicles
Oil/Petroleum
What is the main reason why fishing as a resource can be potentially harmful to the environment?
Over-fishing can reduce the population of fish significantly.
coal, petroleum, and natural gas are
Fossil Fuels
The "Ring of Fire" around the Pacific Ocean is a prime location for harnessing this type of renewable energy.
Geothermal energy