Resource Distribution
This means resources are not spread evenly across Earth.
What is uneven distribution?
Burning fossil fuels causes this type of pollution.
What is air pollution?
This happens when a resource is used faster than it can be replaced.
What is depletion?
Using energy from the sun is an example of this type of energy.
What is renewable energy?
A natural material found on Earth that people use.
What is a natural resource?
This Earth process moves water around the planet.
What is the water cycle?
Building cities in natural areas can destroy this.
What are habitats?
Using too much freshwater can lead to this problem.
What is water scarcity or shortage?
Reducing, reusing, and recycling helps reduce this problem.
What is waste or pollution?
A resource that can be replaced in a short amount of time.
What is a renewable resource?
Groundwater is a result of past and current Geoscience processes
What is the water cycle?
Explain how mining can impact the environment.
Mining can destroy land, remove habitats, and cause pollution in water and soil.
This type of resource is most at risk for depletion.
What are nonrenewable resources?
Planting trees helps solve this environmental problem.
What is deforestation?
A resource that takes millions of years to form and cannot be quickly replaced
What is a nonrenewable resource?
Explain why resources are found in some places but not others.
Because Earth’s processes occur in specific locations, not everywhere.
Burning coal releases this gas into the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
Explain how population growth increases resource depletion.
More people use more resources, causing faster depletion.
Using renewable energy helps reduce this problem.
What is pollution or climate change?
This is the process of reusing materials instead of throwing them away.
This is the process of reusing materials instead of throwing them away.
the main reason for the uneven distribution of Earth's mineral resources
What is past and current geoscience processes
Burning fossil fuels leads to this global effect.
What is warmer global temperatures (climate change)?
A forest changing to farmland on a map shows this human activity.
What is land clearing/deforestation?
Using less of a resource is called this.
What is conservation?
A mineral is considered an ore if it is useful and this.
What is profitable?
Consequence of the uneven distribution of natural resources
What is countries often fight over control of resource-rich regions?
Explain how pollution from humans affects water sources.
It harms ecosystems
Explain why fossil fuels are easily depleted.
They take millions of years to form but are used quickly.
Switching from coal to solar energy helps reduce this.
What is pollution (or carbon emissions)?
Give one example of a renewable resource and one example of a nonrenewable resource.
Renewable: solar, wind, water | Nonrenewable: coal, oil, natural gas
Explain why some regions must import natural resources.
They do not have access to those resources locally.
benefits of using renewable resources for energy?
What is renewable resources cannot be used up permanently
Explain how overuse of resources can affect future generations.
They may not have enough resources available.
Explain how switching to renewable energy helps the environment.
It reduces pollution and slows depletion of fossil fuels.
Energy stored in materials like coal and oil is called this.
What is fossil fuel energy?
This is the BEST explanation for why different regions use different resources.
They have access to different natural resources.
Explain how increased energy demand affects the environment.
It increases resource use and pollution.
Explain why some countries run out of certain resources faster than others.
They use them more quickly or have fewer to begin with.
Explain how science helps society make decisions about resources.
It explains consequences and impacts of resource use.
A useful mineral that can be sold for profit is called this.
What is an ore?