Water in the World - Environmental Resources

What are the two types of environmental resources that we have access to?

• Limited, Unlimited, Rare

• Non-Renewable, Renewable

• Common, Rare

• Pressure, Time, Mineral

What is another word that we can use to describe a non-renewable resource?

• in limited supply (finite)

• in unlimited supply (infinite)

• replenish-able resource

What is another word that we can use to describe a renewable resource?

• finite resource

• infinite resource

• In scarce supply

What is an example of a non-renewable resource?

• Fish stock from oceans
• Timber from trees
• Solar radiation from the sun
• Coal deposits from the ground

What is an example of a renewable resource?

• Fish stock from the oceans
• Coal deposits from the ground
• Natural gas veins in between the layers of the earth
• Diamonds extracted from underground supplies

What is an example of a renewable resource? (3 answers required)

• wind systems rotating around the earth

• timber from rain-forests

• Oil pockets found below the ocean's floor

• Fish stock from the oceans

Freshwater supplies are an example of a __________ resource?

• Continuous resource

• Non-renewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Can be both if we continue to mistreat our water supplies.

Oil pockets found beneath the ocean's seabed is an example of a __________ resource

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• scarce resource

Solar radiation from the sun is an example of a _____________ resource

• Renewable resource

• Non-renewable resource

• very hot ball of gas

Tidal movements around the world is caused by the gravity of the moon and the sun. Energy can now be produced through tidal machines built on the shores.

What type of resource is the Earth's tides?

• Non-renewable

• Renewable

• Powerful resource