Human Impact

What is a natural resource?

• a man made material

• any natural material that is used by humans

• something made at school

What is a renewable/sustainable resource?

• a resource that can be created or replaced in 100 years

• a resource that can not be created or replaced in 100 years

• a resource will be gone in 100 years

What energy sources are renewable/sustainable?

• fossil fuels

• oil, coal and natural gas

• hydroelectric, solar and wind power, geothermal, tidal and biomass

What are non-renewable resources?

• geothermal, wind and solar power

• fossil fuels-oil coal and natural gas, and nuclear power

• tidal, biomass, hydroelectric power

What can we do to protect the supply and quality of our water?

• reduce our use when we can

• do nothing

• add more pollution to the water

What can we do to protect our supply and quality of soil?

• reduce the amount of erosion

• keep doing the same thing

• it will go away after awhile

What can we do to protect the amount and supply of clean air?

• do nothing

• let someone else deal with the problem

• recycle, reduce emissions, plant trees

What does recycle mean?

• to go for a bicycle ride twice

• to use once and throw it out

• the process of recovering useful materials from waste

What does reduce mean?

• increase the amount we use

• lower the amount that we use

• change nothing we do