VOCABULARY
USING NATURAL
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
HARMING NATURAL RESOURCES
PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES
HODGEPODGE
100
This is anything in nature people can use to meet their needs.
Natural resources
100
Water is a natural resource. Name 2 ways people use water.
Any from: bathing, cooking, cleaning, drinking, boating, swimming, traveling, shipping goods, raising animals, growing plants
100
Name two ways to save water at home.
Any from: taking a shorter shower, turning off water when brushing teeth, don’t leave water running when filling something up, using shower instead of bath tub, washing dishes in sinks full of water.
100
The 3 R’s of protecting natural resources.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
100
Sorting garbage by placing glass bottles in a separate container. This is called?
Recycling
200
List 3 non-renewable natural resources
Oil, petroleum, natural gas, minerals, ores
200
Copper is a natural resource. Name two ways people use copper.
Any from: plumbing, electrical wiring, and coins
200
Name 2 causes of water pollution.
Ant from: trash, oil spills, waste from factories
200
To protect natural resources, we all need to "conserve" them. What does this word mean?
To keep safe or secure.
200
Fossil fuels are formed in these 2 areas.
The location of ancient oceans (plants & animals) and swamps (plants)
300
This is waste that harms the air, water or land.
Pollution
300
List three natural sources of energy that do not get used up like coal, gas and oil do.
Water, wind, sun, biomass, geothermal
300
Name a cause of air pollution.
Any from: smoke or fumes from factories and cars
300
List two ways that reusing a metal lunchbox can help the environment.
Any from: Fewer new things are made from natural resources and also less trash is made.
300
Some natural resources are considered non-renewable because
They take a very long time to form.
400
It is a liquid that is used to make liquid fuels, such as gasoline.
Petroleum/Oil
400
This natural resource is needed for life.
Water
400
Sea animals are harmed by this specific form of pollution in the ocean because it may resemble food...
Plastic
400
Butane, Methane, and Propane...
Examples of Natural Gas.
400
Geological processes, like earthquakes, tectonic plate movement, etc allow ____________ _____________ to be distributed.
Natural resources
500
This is a kind of fossil fuel that is in gas state.
Natural Gas
500
A fossil fuel is a non-renewable resource that was formed deep in the Earth over _______ of years.
millions
500
An increase in the human population may lead to more of this.
What is increased pollution?
500
The decisions people make when it comes to using natural resources will determine what?
How long natural resources last.
500
Copper ore is most commonly found near what types of plate boundaries?
Divergent & Convergent Plate Boundaries
600
You want to generate heat for the house with renewable energy in Langdon. Which renewable resource should they use?
Wind
600
Which material comes from a renewable resource?
- lumber
- plastic
- granite
- oil
Lumber
600
Which is the most important reason to conserve resources that are nonrenewable?
So they will not disappear forever.
600
Recycling old magazines is an example of recycling this type of natural resource.
Wood which makes paper
600
Goods sold at a farmers’ market travel only short distances between the place where they are produced and the place where they are sold. How might this save natural resources?
Save fossil fuels.