Geography & World: Using Resources Wisely

What is the term that refers to using natural resources carefully?

• Consumption

• Conservation

• Extinction

What is NOT an example of a natural resource?

• Air

• MInerals

• Tables

• Water

Conservationists encourage the ... use of resources (fill in the blank)

• overconsuming

• excessive

• sustainable

Natural resources are either renewable or ... (fill in the blank)

• NOT renewable

• NON renewable

What is NOT an example of renewable resources?

• Soil

• Air

• Coal

• Sunlight

Renewable resources can be sustained through ... (fill in the blank)

• replacement

• repairment

• regression

• rubbish piles

'Resources are needed to produce goods and services of economic value', this is an example of an/a ... reason to protect resources (fill in the blank)

• Industrial

• Economic

• Greedy

Another reason for conserving resources relates to our need to sustain the diverse ... of the Earth to keep the planet healthy (fill in the blank)

• Ecosystem

• Ecodiversity

• Ecology

When natural resources are scarce, different people's interests can come into conflict

• True

• False

Many countries have laws that protect ... species of plants and animals (fill in the blank)

• Endangered

• Enraged

• Overpopulated