Year 7 Geography: Water in the World

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 am I? I am a resource that will replenish over time if humans don’t use me too quickly.

• An environmental resource.

• A non-renewable resource.

• A continuous resource.

• A renewable resource.

What am I? I am a resource that can’t be replaced once it has been used.

• A continuous resource.

• A tree.

• A non-renewable resource.

• A renewable resource.

What am I? I am a resource that will never, ever run out! Woo hoo!

• A continuous resource.

• Water.

• A non-continuous resource.

• An environmental resource.

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

Is Groundwater a sustainable resource?

• Yes

• No

As water moves through the water cycle, water changes form, but it never disappears.

• true

• false

What is the percentage of salt water and fresh water on the Earth?

• 70% salt, 30% fresh

• 25% salt, 75% fresh

• 97% salt, 3% fresh

• 3% salt, 97% fresh

Where is most of the world’s fresh water located?

• Australia

• Oceans

• Lakes

• Glaciers