Ecological Footprint/Natural Resources
This tool measures how much of Earth's resources we use.
What is an ecological footprint?
A product brought into a country is called this.
What is an import?
The three main fossil fuels are coal, oil, and this.
What is natural gas?
This is a rock containing valuable minerals that can be extracted.
What is ore?
This percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water.
What is 71%?
This global date marks when humanity has used up Earth’s yearly resources.
What is Earth Overshoot Day?
When imports exceed exports, this occurs.
What is a trade deficit?
This process injects pressurized water into rock to extract oil/gas.
What is fracking?
This type of mining is cheapest but causes the most damage.
What is strip mining?
This process is when water changes from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
This sector involves extracting raw materials like mining or fishing.
What is the primary industry?
Turning raw materials into products happens in this stage.
What is production?
This fishing area off Newfoundland was once extremely rich in cod.
What are the Grand Banks?
Combining metals to improve strength creates this.
What is an alloy?
This energy source splits uranium atoms to create heat.
What is nuclear energy?
This sector focuses on research and innovation instead of physical products.
What is the quaternary industry?
This agreement removed most tariffs between Canada, the USA, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
This country is Canada’s largest buyer of crude oil.
What is the United States?
Name one environmental issue caused by mining.
What is erosion? (also accept pollution, biodiversity loss, etc.)
These regions have the most vulnerable water resources globally.
What is the Middle East and Africa?
This term describes when people use more resources than the land can regenerate.
What is an ecological debtor?
Throwing away products happens in this final stage.
What is disposal?
Name one major cause of the cod fishery collapse.
What is overfishing? (also accept: improved tech, foreign fishing, destructive practices, climate change)
Canada is one of the top producers of this precious yellow metal.
What is gold?
This renewable energy comes from heat within the Earth.
What is geothermal energy?