Human Impact

What are natural resources that are replenished naturally after being consumed or used called?

• Nonrenewable resources

• Renewable resources

• Inexhaustible

• Sustainable

What are natural resources that form at a much slower rate than the rate at which they are consumed?

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

• Sustainable

• Inexhaustible

Any material from the earth that is used by humans?

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

• Natural resources

What determines if a resource is renewable or nonrenewable?

• How fast the resource is consumed and how fast the resource is created (replaced)?

• Where the resource came from?

Which of the following resources would be considered renewable?

• coal

• wind

• metal ore

• natural gas

Which of the following is largely responsible for depleting Earth's ozone layer?

• CFCs

• CO2

• DDT

• PCBs

Which Group Includes All Renewable Resources

• coal, trees, water, oil

• minerals, sun, natural gas, water

• water, wind, sun, plants

Urbanization is

• the process by which human activity and natural process damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• replacing forests, fields, and grasslands with houses, roads, schools and shopping area.

• the growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

When human activity and natural process damage land to the point it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• Urbanization

• Erosion

• Land Degradation

• Deforestation

When wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one area to another it is called

• Erosion

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urbanization