Natural Resource Test Review

Match the following

• wind

• The combination of soil and rock that makes up the earth’s crust

• lithosphere

• All the water on Earth, whether liquid, solid, salty, or fresh

• hydrosphere

• The movement of air

• fossil fuels

•  Fuels formed from the remains of dead animal and plant material deposited in a

  previous geologic time, typically millions of years ago

  
  

Match the following

• climate

• The average weather conditions in a region over a period of years

•  atmosphere

•  All the communities of living things on Earth

• air

• The gaseous layer that encompasses the earth

• biosphere

• The mixture of gases that make up the atmosphere

Match the following

•  railroad tie

• A round timber driven into the ground to support other structures

• piling

•  Wood used for the manufacture of paper and similar products

• pulpwood

• A cross brace that supports the rails on a railway track

Match the following

• sawlog

• A segment of a tree stem large enough to be sawed economically on a sawmill

• pole

• A young tree at least 4 inches and usually between 8 and 12 inches dbh, smaller than

  sawlog size, and ready for use after removal of the bark

•  lumber

• Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified

  length

Match the following

• biome

• When one or a few species control habitat conditions that influence other species.

• space

• The area or territory around an organism.

• dominance

• The vegetation or other material that provides safety in a habitat.

• cover

• A large area with a distinct combination of plant and animal life

Match the following

• space

•  An area smaller than the home range that is well defined to other members of the

  same species.

• territory

• The space an animal normally uses for living

• Food web

• A graphical way of showing a food chain.

An _________________________ is a resource that will not run out in the foreseeable future.

•  exhaustible natural resource

•  abiotic natural resource

• inexhaustible natural resource

• nonrenewable natural resource

A _______________ is an area that forms a very dry habitat with little or no rain.

• tundra

• rainforest

• grassland

• desert

 An _________________________ is a resource that is available in limited quantity and can be

completely used.

• exhaustible natural resource

•  abiotic natural resource

• inexhaustible natural resource

• nonrenewable natural resource

 _________________________ are resources that come from nonliving, nonorganic materials.

• renewable natural resource

• abiotic natural resource

• biotic natural resource

•  nonrenewable natural resource