Urbanization/Natural Resource Quiz

Harmful precipitation caused by the burning of fossil fuels

• chemical weathering

• acid rain

• sink hole

• fertilizer

A substance added to soil to make it better for the growing crops?

• chemical weathering

• acid rain

• sink hole

• fertilizer

The process by which heat from the Sun builds up near Earth's surface and is trapped there by the atmosphere.

• chemical weathering

• greenhouse effect

• sink hole

• fertilizer

The slow increase in the earth's average temperature or our climate's temperature

• global warming

• greenhouse effect

• carbon dioxide

• fertilizer

Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

• deforestation
• removing carnivores from a forest 
• recycling
• heating homes with fossil fuels  

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Which human activity is correctly paired with its likely future consequence?

• overfishing in the Atlantic — increase in supply of flounder and salmon as food for people 
• development of electric cars or hybrid vehicles — increased rate of global warming 
• use of fossil fuels — depletion of underground coal, oil, and natural gas supplies 
• genetically engineering animals — less food available to feed the world’s population

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Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?

• use of natural enemies to eliminate insect pests
• development of wildlife refuges 
• governmental restriction of industrial pollution 
• increased use of fossil fuels

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What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that cannot be replaced quickly

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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