Human Impact
Countries may trade in order to get this.
What is natural resources?
A one word adjective used to describe the distribution of natural resources?
what is "uneven"?
A material that comes directly from nature without being chemically changed.
What is a natural resource?
This process moves Earth’s plates and creates mountains and volcanoes.
What is plate tectonics?
A natural event that can cause harm.
What is a natural hazard?
These can occur due to do a dispute of resources.
What is wars/conflict?
A reason why humans tend to settle closer to the equator.
What is warmer climates?
Plastic is an example of this type of product.
What is a synthetic product?
Fossil fuels formed from this over millions of years.
What is carbon based material/ dead plants and animals?
When a hazard actually causes damage and loss to human life.
What is a natural disaster?
An example of environmental impact of resource extraction.
What is pollution / habitat loss ?
A reason why humans tend to settle closer to rivers, oceans and lakes.
What is access to trade & marine resources?
Paper is an example of this.
What is a synthetic product?
A resource that can be replenished or replaced naturally on a human timescale.
What is a renewable resource?
A drought causes a local food shortage.
What is natural disaster?
A reason why governments regulate natural resources?
What is to environmental protection / fair use/ depletion prevention
A reason why natural resources are unevenly distributed.
What is Plate tectonics / climate / history?
Oil is an example of this.
What is a natural resource?
Natural gas like methane is an example of this type of resource.
What is Nonrenewable?
A plain in an isolated and abandoned region of Siberia floods for 5 days.
What is a natural hazard?
20% of the worlds wealthiest people use this ___% of all resources.
80-85%
Something significantly influenced by the country who owns or owns most of the resource.
What is cost?
This synthetic material is made from petroleum and used in clothing.
What is polyester?
This process breaks down rocks and can expose resources.
What is weathering and erosion?
A factory dumps waste into a river that feeds into the town's reservoir. The town's water supply becomes dangerous to consume and harms 2 people.
What is NOT a natural disaster?
What is a man -made disaster or event?