Natural Resources Quiz Review

What are natural resources?

• resources that are not needed for growth, development, and carrying out life processes

• resources that Earth provides

• resources made by people

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a resource that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time

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Air, soil, sunlight, water, and living things are examples of _____________________ because they are replaced by nature in a relatively short amount of time.

• renewable reosurces

• nonrenewable resources

The replacement of renewable resources at the same rate at which they are consumed is called

A crop that is planted in the spring and harvested in the fall on the same land each year is an example of a sustainable yield.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The crop is a sustainable yield because it is being replaced at the same rate at which it is used.

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A resource that exists in a fixed amount in various places in Earth's crust and can be replaced only by geological, physical, and chemical processes that take millions of years

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Identify each type of resource as s renewable or nonrenewable resource.

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(a) Renewable Resource

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(b) Nonrenewable Resource

• air and water

• fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

• solar energy

• gold and silver

• soil and living things

What is sustainable yield?

• the use of natural resources at a faster rate than which they are replaced

• the replacement of nonrenewable resources at a slower rate than which they are consumed

• the replacement of renewable resources at the same rate at which they are consumed

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What is true of the distribution of natural resources?

• Most regions have all the natural resources they need.

• Some regions have many different types of natural resources.

• Some regions have limited types of resources, but in abundant supply.

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Why is sunlight considered a renewable resource?

• It is being used up faster than it can be replaced.

• It is provided by the Sun rather than Earth.

• It will be available for at least the next five billion years.