Anything that prevents or limits a population from growing

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Limiting Factor

• Renewable Resource

• Carrying Capacity

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The maximum capacity of a population that an area can support with its resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Limiting Factor

• Renewable Resources

• Carrying Capacity

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When a population increases...

• There are always plenty of renewable resources; like lumber, food, and water.

• The need for resources increases

• It has little effect on resource supply.

• There are plenty of nonrenewable resources; but we could run out of renewable resources.

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The human population grew steadily until the Industrial Revolution, then…

• It stayed the same.

• It began a downward trend.

• It grew exponentially.

• It dropped to a dangerously low number.

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If the population of humans on Earth continues to grow and we continue to use fossil fuels at the same rate we are using them now we are likely to…

• Find a way to make fossil fuels renewable.

• Produce more fossil fuels.

• Use fewer fossil fuels as our population continues to increase.

• Run out of fossil fuels

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If we use up all of a renewable resource before it can replenish it will...

• stay the same

• Turn into a non-renewable resource

• Grow back very slowly

• Run out

If the population of Fort Smith increases, the demand for water will...

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• Evaporate

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A natural resource that CAN be replaced in a human lifetime is a...

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Renewable Resource

• Petroleum

A natural resource that can NOT be replaced in a human lifetime

• Water

• Food

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

Name a type of single use plastic

• Plastic Silverware

• Plastic Water Bottle

• Ziploc Bag

• All of the above

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