Human Impacts on Natural Resources

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water

• Animals

• Natural gas

• Wind

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat

• they take a long time to form

• they can be found underground

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource

• Human Resource

• Plants

Diamonds and other minerals

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

The contamination of Earth's land, water and air is called ______________ .

• a toxin.

• pollution.

• a party.

• normal.

Pollution that is emanating from a specific location is called a _____________ ______________ .

• nonpoint source

• point source

Air pollution inside a city is typically considered a ____________ _____________ of pollution because the exact origin of the pollution is difficult to determine.

• point source

• nonpoint source

Oil and Natural gas are both known as types of what? 

• Coal

• Geothermal Energy 

• Renewable Resources

• Petroleum