Using Natural Resources

CFCs directly damage Earth's

• glaciers

• ozone layer

• ocean water

Where is ozone harmful?

• upper atmosphere

• lower atmosphere

• upper and lower atmosphere

Coal ash sludge is most likely to cause

• land pollution

• ozone depletion

• melting of sea ice

Wind power is an example of a(n)

• renrewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• inexhaustible resource

Which phrase describes the term recycling?

• using fewer products

• manufacturing new products out of used products

• converting damaged habitats to their orignial state

Which type of natural resource is oxygen?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• inexhaustible

Which of the following do NOT contribute to the formation of acid rain?

• coal-burning power plants

• waste gases from cars and trucks

• herbicides, pesticides, fertilizer

Natural resources that are being used faster than they are being replaced by natural processes are called

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• inexhaustible resources

Natural resources that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as they are used are called

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• inexhaustible resources

Natural resources that will not run out, no matter how musch people use them are called

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• inexhaustible resources