Earth Resources Classwork

What makes water a renewable resource?

• It is necessary for all plants and animals to live.

• It is constantly recycled so it can be used again.

• It does not cause pollution.

• It takes hundreds of years for water to be created after it is used.

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A watershed helps drain water? A watershed is the land that surrounds

• streams and rivers

• oceans

• mountains

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It collects in the tiny spaces between pieces of soil and in layers of porous rock. Groundwater is

• water that collects on the grass

• water naturally held in the ocean

• water held underground in soil or rock

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An aquifer

• is located above ground

• can be used as a swimming pool

• an underground layer of rock, sand, or other material that can hold and absorb groundwater

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Which of the following is most similar to the process of recycling?

• Bringing a reusable shopping bag to the grocery store

• Turning off the water while you brush your teeth

• Telling mail-order companies to stop sending you catalogs

• Turning part of an old t-shirt into a patch for your jeans

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Which natural resource does recycling paper allow people to conserve?

• nuclear energy

• solar energy

• trees

• hydroelectric power

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