Human Consumption of Natural Resources

Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
• limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving
• using rechargeable batteries
• all of the above are good conservation practices

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a nonrenewable resources is...

• any natural material that is used by humans

• a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed

• a resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed

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Choose ALL of the renewable resources

• sun

• coal

• wind

• fossil fuels

• Earth (geothermal)

A ship carrying gasoline runs into shore and spills large amount of gasoline.

• Point

• Non-Point

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The portion of water that flows across the surface that does not soak into the ground and runs into water bodies

• what

• fertilizer

• erosion

• runoff

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Pollution that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources

• estuary

• water shed

• non point source pollution

• point source pollution

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

• Metals

• paper

• plastics

• Yard trimmings

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What are renewable resources?

• resources that are used faster than they form

• resources that can replenish themselves over time

• resources that formed over millions of years

• resources that exist only in rural areas

La Porte County just became home to a new lumber company that plans on clear cutting local forests. Explain three negative impacts (economical/financial, ecological, ethical) this would cause on the local community.

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Using resources at at rate which ensures those resources will be around for future generations is called:

• Ecological Deficit

• Ecological Footprint

• Biocapacity

• Sustainability

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