Natural/Water Resources
What are Natural Resources? Give examples.
Things that come from nature like wood, water, and coal.
How do Virginians use water resources?
food, transportation, recreation , and water for farming
which of these is a natural resource in VA
A. a river.
B. A power plant
C. A dam
D. A glacier
A. a river
What can humans use Forests for?
building houses
What are Virginia's water resources? Give examples
lakes, bays, rivers, ocean
Lake Drummond, Atlantic Ocean, Rappahannock River, Chesapeake Bay
What is one way to help with erosion on a side of a hill?
plant trees
"we all live downstream" means what...
'as water travels it picks up material like soil. minerals, animals waste, pollutants
A Forests planted by people is called a ______ forest
cultivated
a large body of water surrounded by land...
lake
What does the word cultivated mean?
man made
Water that constantly moves across the land is _________________
surface water
Why are coal and trees natural resources?
A. Coal has to be mined for us to use it.
B. They come from the Earth.
C. Animals use trees.
D. They are both renewable.
B.
a large, natural stream of water that flow in a certain path to a lake, sea, or ocean.
river
What resource gives building material and fuel sources?
Mineral Resources
__________ an area of land over which surface water flows into a single collection place.
watershed
Which options are provided by animals?
Leather
Food
Minerals
Fiber
Ores
Building materials
food, fiber and leather
a large body of water, partly enclosed by land that has a wide mouth connecting it to an ocean or sea
bay
Which is true about a watershed (two choices)
A. All of the water is flowing to a single collection place.
B. This watershed is not important to people and animals.
C. The water downstream can be affected by pollution upstream.
D. Erosion and pollution do not affect the watershed.
A and C
What watershed covers half of Virginia's land area is known as...
Chesapeake Bay watershed
What is erosion?
soil washing away