Natural Resources
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What is a Natural Resource?
A resource that occurs in nature and isn't manmade.
What is the difference between a Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource?
Renewable- A natural resource that can be remade or replenished within a person's lifetime.
Non-Renewable- A natural resource that cannot be remade or replenished within a person's lifetime.
What is the difference between a short and long term environmental impact?
Short Term- Occurs Quickly, Affects Organisms Immediately, Last less than five years, and Organisms may have to leave an area for a little while.
Long Term- Occurs more slowly, Affects Organisms over time, Can Last Generations, and Organisms can become extinct.
What is responsible for most negative environmental impacts?
Humans!
In what state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizonia
How is a synthetic resource different from a natural one?
It is manmade.
Give two examples of a renewable resource.
What is Crops, livestock, fish, water, lumber etc...
What three things do humans pollute the most?
What is air, soil, and water?
How can we monitor Deforestation?
What is satellite imaging?
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
Are natural resources spread evenly or unevenly across the world?
Unevenly
Give two examples of a non-renewable resource.
What is coal, oil, and natural gas?
What is Deforestation and Urbanization?
Deforestation- the purposeful clearing of forest land.
Urbanization- the process of building cities, which includes higher populations of humans in smaller areas.
How can we minimize Deforestation?
What is Replant Trees?
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What day is Star Wars Day?
May 4th
Fossil Fuels, Timber, Livestock, Crops, Metals, Water, etc...
Why is timber considered a renewable resource?
You can replant trees.
How can humans pollute water? (3 ways)
Sewer, Farming Fertilizers, Industrial Chemicals, Trash, Etc...
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How could humans minimize invasive species? (2 ways)
By not releasing non-native plants or animals into the wild, checking vehicles/equipment before leaving an area with invasive species, catching/terminating them, or reporting them if they are spotted.
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
Describe how fossil fuels are made or formed.
Fossilized plants and animals that have been buried under rock and put under heat and pressure for millions of years.
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Can a renewable resource become non-renewable? Justify your answer...
Yes,
Animals/Pant Resources could become extinct.
Fresh Water could be overdrawn or overused and not be replenished by the water cycle fast enough.
How do humans pollute the air? (3 ways)
The use of Fossil Fuels.
How could humans minimize pollution? (3 ways)
Use clean energy, recycle, set restrictions on dumping, reduce fossil fuel use, etc...
What is the longest river in the world
The Nile River
Why are natural resources spread out unevenly across the world?
Different areas of the world have different climates or higher concentrations of fossilized plants and animals "dead things".
Is water a renewable or non-renewable resource? Why?
Renewable because of the water cycle...
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What is and what causes climate change?
Climate Change- The long term shifts in temperature and weather. The Earth's Atmosphere is holding in more heat, and it is not able to escape. AKA- Its getting hot on this rock...
Causes- Pollution/ Carbon Emission
How can Human's Monitor and Minimize Climate Change?
Monitor- Satellite Imaging of the polar regions (looking at change in glaciers) and monitoring earth's temperatures.
Minimize- Use less fossil fuels, and use more clean energy.
What does "www" stand for in the websites URL?
World Wide Web