Depletion of Resources

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A natural Resource supplies material useful or necessary for   the survival of living things.

• True

• False

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It is a deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit.

• Ore

• Subduction zome

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable renewable

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It is a resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used.

• Renewable resource
• Nonrenewable resource
• Limited resource
• Exhaustible resource

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It’s a resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes.

• Non-renewable resource
• Renewable resource
• Sustainable resource
• Eco-friendly resource

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The area where one plate slides under another plate.

• Collision zone
• Trench zone
• Slip zone
• Subduction zone

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 It is a mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air.

• Water
• Air
• Rocks
• Soil

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It is the measure of a rock’s ability to hold water.

• Permeability

• Porosity

• Reflexibilty

• Posority

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It is the measure of the ability of water to flow through rock and sediment.

• Permeability
• Percolation
• Impermeability
• Infiltration

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The process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth.

• Farming
• Harvesting
• Mining
• Fishing

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It occurs when groundwater is withdrawn from aquifers faster than natural recharge can replace it.

• Aquifer exhaustion
• Groundwater overdraft
• Water table decline
• Groundwater depletion

Depletion of Resources

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Open Ended

Decide whether or not you think it's likely that abandoned mines and ghost towns could come back to life''. Why or why not?

Multiple Choice

How does mining affect mineral distribution?

• Mining helps to evenly distribute minerals in the environment.
• Mining has no impact on mineral distribution.
• Mining increases the availability of minerals in untouched areas.
• Mining can disrupt the natural distribution of minerals and will be not available to future generations.

Poll

Coal can be mined much like minerals.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• Coal is more abundant than oil and natural gas.

• Oil is more abundant that coal and natural gas

• Natural gas is more abundant than coal and oil.

Multiple Choice

What is aquifer?

• An aquifer is a type of volcanic rock
• An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment that stores and transmits water.
• An aquifer is a man-made reservoir for water storage
• An aquifer is a type of cloud formation