Living Off Earth's Resources

Which of the following is NOT a basic need?

• Healthy food

• Comfortable clothing

• Clean and safe water

• Brand new iPhone 14

Something which occurs naturally and which humans can make use of. Like soil, water, wind, sunlight, coal, and oil.

• Physical Scarcity

• Economic Scarcity

• Natural Resources

• Renewable Resources

A resource that takes a long period to form. Humans use it much faster than it is forming. So someday, it will eventually run out.

• Basic need

• Renewable resource

• Non-renewable resource

• Water scarcity

Which of the following statements shows a factor that leads to physical water scarcity?

• Poverty

• Lack of water infrastructure

• Water cycle

• Low rainfall

A clean, safe, _____ supply would transform these people's lives.

The process of removing salt. It needs a lot of electricity and funds to do it.

• Water cycle

• Recycled water

• Desalination

• Desertification

It refers to a fundamental economic problem—the gap between limited resources and theoretically limitless wants.

• Erosion

• Degradation

• Scarcity

• Natural Resource

The water demand is rising, and many areas do not have enough water.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

A resource that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it is naturally replaced.

• Renewable resource

• Non-renewable resource

• Physical water scarcity

• Economic water scarcity

Fresh water is not shared _______.