Environmental Resources

Match

Match the following

• Agriculture

• Cultivated plants

• Domesticated animals

• Crops

Is the science of farming

A way to obtain food

Cattle and Sheep

Wheat and Sugar Cane

• Is the science of farming

• A way to obtain food

• Cattle and Sheep

• Wheat and Sugar Cane

Multiple Choice

Mining is the process of obtaining minerals from the earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Minerals are naturally formed in rocks and in the earth by geological procesess

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Mining is a renewable resource

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is the diagenetic process? Explain in your own words.

Fill in the Blanks

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Liquid water evaporates into water vapour

• Condenses to form clouds

• Precipitates back to earth

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation.

• Rain

• Storm

• Hail

• Snow

Different Types of Water Resources

Oceans cover 70% of Earth’s surface, however saltwater is not useful for irrigation. Desalination plants are scarce because energy required for desalination makes process expensive. Global warming affects freshwater and farmland salinity level. Coastal farmland is lost to rising sea levels.

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Multiple Choice

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered with Ocean?

• 70%

• 60%

• 80%

• 40%

Multiple Choice

Desalination (removing salt from ocean water) plants are expensive.

• True

• Fales

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an effect of Global Warming

• Increase farmland salinity level

• Coastal farmland is lost to rising sea levels

• Melting glacier increase freshwater

Activity

Google Earth

Go to the website below and click on the picture to the right. You will see the affect of rising sea levels from melting glaciers on cities and farmland.

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https://earth.google.com/web/@34.7325599,-94.20828246,312.18513029a,12000000d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CjASLhIgNzJlM2QwZWU3NGMyMTFlODhjMWNiZjg2OTQ1ZTVlZWMiCnZveV9zcGxhc2g

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a purpose for a Dam

• store water

• flood mitigation

  (control flooding)

• generate electricity

• store fish

Open Ended

Explain in your own words the sewage treatment process.

Match

Match the following

Dam

Mining

Cultivation of soil

The Great Artesian Basin

Glacier

• Dam

• Mining

• Cultivation of soil

• The Great Artesian Basin

• Glacier