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This country consumes a significantly larger amount of oil than it produces, making it the number one oil importer in the world. 

• Germany
• Saudi Arabia
• Venezuela
• United States

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A combination of severe drought, and harsh farming practices resulted in the "Dirty Thirties" a.k.a__________________

• The Super Bowl
• The Dust Bowl
• Agricultural Revolution
• El Nino

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The Tragedy of the Commons

• Thomas Malthus

• Garrett Hardin

• Paul Ehrlich

• Norman Borlaug

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Which below is a graphical representation of the production of any resource, especially oil?

• Hubbert curve

• Kobayashi Maru

• The triple point

• Reidburn's square

• Logistics curve

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Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?

• use of natural enemies to eliminate insect pests
• development of wildlife refuges 
• governmental restriction of industrial pollution 
• increased use of fossil fuels

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As the human population grows, the demand for natural resources

• decreases.

• increases.

• stays the same.

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Any materials or energy from nature that humans need to survive.

• natural resource

• environment

• nonrenewable resource

• inference

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The "Tragedy of The Commons" is...

• An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.

• A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.

• Economic issue where individuals tend to take advantage of the natural resource and it becomes unavailable for everyone.

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Why do scientists study active volcanoes?

• Best way to understand volcanoes in other planets.

• Best way to compare with the sun.

• Best way to predict what will happen in the future.

• Best way to see what is happening in the core.

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Why would the loss of mountain glaciers be a bad thing?

• Countries are dependent on plants and animals that live in those upper elevations

• Most of the major rivers are fed by melting glaciers

• The economy of these countries is dependent on the export of ice

• People aren't affected by the melting of mountain glaciers

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