Distribution of Earth's Resources

_____ is a measure of rock's ability to hold water.

• groundwater overdraft

• permeability

• porosity

• parent material

Water moves through Earth's layers until it reaches a ______ layer.

• saturated

• water table

• impermeable layer

• permeable

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Choose the best vocabulary words to make the statement correct

Chloe’s dog Ralph naps in a spot on the floor where the sun is shining through the window. Ralph is using a _________energy source, _______ to stay warm.

• nonrenewable

  fossil fuel

• renewable

  fossil fuels

• renewable

  solar power

• renewable

  hydrothemal power

People do not use water for transportation.

• True

• False

Living things DO NOT need natural resources for survival.

• True

• False

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3. ___________ ____________ are natural resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced by natural processes.

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

• Synthetic resources

• Porous substances

4. Name 4 renewable resources.

• Biomass, geothermal, wind, coal

• Natural gas, wind, solar, hydropower

• Nuclear, oil, natural gas, coal

• Solar, wind, biomass, hydropower

5. Most energy in the United States comes from ___________ resources.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• nuclear

• inexhaustible

7. Why is it important to manage the use of NONRENEWABLE resources? (choose the BEST answer)

• they are expensive

• they can produce electricity

• they are unevenly distributed

• there won't be anymore if they are used up

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6. Why is land considered a resource?

• humans need it for growing crops

• people build houses on land

• livestock need space to graze

• all of the above