Natural Resource-Land,Soil & Water

Water is a what type of resource?

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• continuous resource

Why is fresh water a limited resource?

• It isn't because it is a renewable resource

• 97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink.

• Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes.

Where most freshwater is stored is in _________.

• Groundwater
• pH
• Glaciers
• Sea water

Where 97% of Earth's water is stored?

• Glaciers
• pH
• Groundwater
• Sea water

Natural Resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use. 
• Rocks that contain metal
• Resources that are continually being replaced and will not run out.
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

Ore is

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use
• Rock that contains metal
• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
• Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 

How are ores different from other rocks?

• All rocks contain fossils, and ore contains minerals
• Rocks are made from just minerals and organic material, but ore is made from rocks and metal
• They are the same

If the factory in this diagram was NOT practicing good environmental conservation, what effect would be produced?

• air and water pollution
• good fishing for recreation
• plentiful animals in the river
• purified drinking water

Many stores now carry products that have less packaging or wrapping. Products with reduced packaging are most likely available because--

• they reduce trash that eventually ends up in landfills
• they help conserve resources, especially plastics
• they provide a compacted packaging choice for consumers
• all of the above

A way the factory could help conserve the river water as a natural resource is to--

• filter the water before dumping into the river
• remove all of the animals from the area for their protection
• set up nets down river to remove contaminated fish
• post signs of "No swimming in the river"