Human Impact Test Review

What does the word conserve mean

• to save energy or resources

• to use everything available

• to be wasteful

What is a natural resource?

• Material from the Earth that people use for their needs.

• A place hidden in the mountains.

• An object made from natural things.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Non-Renewable Energy Resource

Select all the following resources that are non-renewable

• oil

• coal

• water

• plastic

Select all the following resources that are renewable

• oil

• water

• sun light

• trees

• wind

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Non-renewable Energy Resource

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Which has been a major cause of desertification?

• years of uncontrolled flooding

• overuse of the land by the people

• heavy seasonal winds coming off the desert

• sharp and unexpected changes in the climate

process of land turning into desert due to deforestation and drought

• deforestation
• desertification
• industry
• drought

Which has a negative impact on land?

• composting

• reclamation

• mining

• reforestation