Organizing Resource Types
This is used by humans for survival and to improve the quality of their lives
Natural Resources
Oil and natural gas are this type of resource
Nonrenewable resource
A result that naturally follows the actions of a person or group.
Consequence
The way in which something, such as a resource, is spread out in an area
Distribution
Why aren't all resources found right where they were created?
Geologic processes move and change them
Natural resources that people use for energy
Energy resources
Can be replaced within a human lifetime
Renewable resource
A way humans can reduce negative impacts of soil use.
Contour farming and crop rotation
The reason why there are different soils found across the earth
There are different rocks found across the earth
Nonrenewable resource formed in ancient oceans
Oil
Natural Resources that humans use to make objects or to eat as food.
Material Resources
An example of a renewable resource that can be used up?
Water, biomass, plants, etc.
What are examples of ways humans change surface water?
Building dams, reservoirs, canals, etc.
The reason fossil fuels and minerals are only found in specific places.
They are formed through different geologic processes
Nonrenewable resource formed in ancient swamps
Coal
The four parts of the Earth System
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere
Hydropower, solar power, wind power are all what type of energy resource?
Renewable energy
How can we can reduce human use of fossil fuels?
Renewable energies
Where sunlight (and the ability for solar energy) is found on the globe.
Near the equator
What is an aquifer?
Where groundwater is held
The most used energy type in the United States (36% of energy used)
Petroleum (oil)
A renewable resource that cannot be used up by humans
Inexhaustible
A consequence that lasts a human lifetime or less
Short term consequence
Other than because they are created through different geologic processes, why are minerals unevenly distributed across the globe?
Soil is created when rocks break down through what two processes?
Weathering and erosion