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Human Impact on Water
Human Impact on Atmosphere
Human Impact on Land
Protecting Earth
Natural Resources
100
How much of Earths surface water is fresh water?
What is 3%
100
What does the acronym AQI stand for
What is Air Quality Index
100
the removal of trees and other vegetation from an area is called ___________
What is deforestation
100
This type of land resource conservation is when you plant a tree after you have cut one down
What is reforestation
100
This is any natural material used by humans, such as air, soil, minerals, petroleum, plants, and animals.
What is Natural Resources
200
name three examples of fresh surface water
What is rivers, streams, and lakes
200
this is a tiny particle of solid that is suspended in the air
What is particulate
200
the formation and growth of cities is called
What is urbanization
200
This is when you are responsible with managing your resources
What is stewardship
200
This is non renewable resource that formed when buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
What is fossil fuels
300
this is the measure of how clean or polluted the water is
What is water quality
300
this occurs when ground level ozone and vehicle exhaust react with sunlight
What is smog
300
the process by which human activity can damage land is called
What is land degradation
300
this is the process of recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling
300
This resource forms at a much slower rate than which it is consumed.
What is non renewable resource
400
a body of rock or sediment that can store a lot of water is called
What is an aquifer
400
this part of the ozone is considered to be harmful
What is ground level ozone
400
the process by which land becomes more desert like is called
What is desertification
400
this process happens when damaged land areas are returned to nearly the same condition it was in prior to human using it
What is reclamation
400
Solar energy is an example of what type of resource
What is renewable resource
500
this happens when there is an increase in the amount of nutrients in the water
What is eutrophication
500
this occurs when thermal energy is re radiated
What is Greenhouse Effect
500
this is when urbanization occurs at the edge of a city or town
What is urban sprawl
500
This means that crops with different needs are planted in alternating seasons
What is crop rotation
500
Trees that are used to make paper products are what kind of resource
What is material resource