Natural Resource Types
What do we call a resource that can be replenished fairly quickly, like a forest?
What are Renewable Resources.
This logging method involves cutting every single tree over a large area.
What is clear-cutting.
This extraction method for natural gas can cause mini-earthquakes. VERY RARE.
What is Fracking.
This is the name of the "soup" of trash in the Ocean and is 3X the sizes of France.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)
These convert the kinetic energy of wind into electricity using large blades.
What are wind turbines.
Resources like coal and oil that take millions of years to form.
What are Non-renewable Resources.
This is the most costly and dangerous logging method.
What is selective cutting.
This fuel mineral is found in rocks and used for nuclear power.
What is Uranium.
Palm oil production is a major cause of this in Malaysia and Indonesia.
What is Deforestation.
A crisp, sunny day in January can actually be better for generating power than a sweltering, humid day in July?
What is TRUE!
A resource that must be used when and where it occurs, like sunlight.
Flow Resource
This method leaves small patches of trees to provide seeds for a new forest.
What is shelterwood cutting.
These are the toxic ponds created during the oil extraction process.
What are toxic tailing ponds.
Many sea animals mistake this material for food in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What is Microplastics (or Plastic bits).
This measures how much Earth space you use for what you eat, buy, and discard.
What is an ecological footprint.
The term for using a resource until there is absolutely none left.
What is Resource Depletion.
Forests act like a "giant" one of these for the local ecosystem.
What is a Sponge or (The "Giant Sponge" effect).
This type of mining is used to get coal from deep underground.
What is deep mining.
This company was involved in a major "water conflict" in Ontario.
What is Nestlé.
Infinite source / Zero greenhouse gas emissions / Dual-use of land
What is one "Pro" of using wind as an energy source.
Using a resource in a way that meets our needs today without running it for the future.
What is Sustainable Practices (Sustainability).
This specific resource collapse in 1992.
What is Atlantic Cod.
This extraction method leaves behind a giant bowl-shape in our Earth.
What is open-pit mining.
This global group gives a "seal of approval" for sustainable palm oil.
RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)
This is one major "Con" of starting up solar power.
What are high upfront/starting costs.