Human Dependence on Natural Resources

People try to conserve some resources, like fossil fuels, because they are not replaceable. Why can’t these resources be replaced?

• They must be transported long distances

• Processes that make them take a long time

• No one can afford to buy more of them

• It is impossible to extract more from the earth

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

People move into and begin living in an area that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the effect on the amount of water?

• Water will be more evenly distributed in the area

• Most of the fresh water in the area will be converted to salt water

• The amount of fresh water suitable for drinking will increase

• There will be less available for other living things

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Coal forms in locations where vegetation gets buried quickly and then altered by heat and pressure over millions of years. Which location is most likely to have coal?

• Area A

• Area B

• Area C

• Area D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In all of the following examples, the amount of the resource remaining changes due to human use EXCEPT–

• petroleum taken from the ground and burned for fuel.

• fresh water used for agriculture, recreation, and tourism.

• wind power used to provide energy for homes and businesses.

• metal ores mined and used to create building materials.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is the sum of all living matter (plants & animals)?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience process

Which of the following is any process that happens on Earth, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience process

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Natural resources are unevenly distributed around the world. What is this due to?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience processes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is something that is needed by organisms and is not infinite in its abundance in the environment?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience processes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is a resource that, if it is exhausted, the organisms that need it cannot survive?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience processes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a resource that is always available and never runs out?

• biosphere

• limited resource

• unlimited resource

• geoscience processes