Earths Resources Complete Review

An ecosystem comprising the ENTIRE EARTH and the organisms that inhabit it.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Abiotic

• Ecoregion

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A resource that we can use more than once is called a _____ resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Reusable

• Recyclable

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource

• iPads

• Trees

• Wind

• Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels are produced over _____ of years.

• Hundreds of millions of years

• Thousands of years

• hundreds of years

• every year

Using more resources than the environment can support is known as______________________.

• sustainable use 

• over consumption 
• resource management

• under consumption

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What type of resources are considered finite and cannot be replenished in a short amount of time?

• Renewable Energy

• Nonrenewable Energy

• All Energy

• Generational Energy

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Which of the following are renewable energy sources? (Select all that apply.)

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Biomass

What is desertification?

• Area with low precipitation

• Land that gradually turned into a desert

• Area with high risk of precipitation

• Global warming

The layer of rock beneath the soil.

• transported soil

• bedrock

• soil

• parent rock

Minerals are extracted from ...................

• metals

• rock

• ore

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