11.A 11.B Natural Resources

A natural resource is...

• part of the environment that supplies material useful or

  necessary for the survival of living things

• a type of resource that can only be used once

• a type of resource that can be used over and over again

• when there is not enough energy in the world to supply everyone

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Energy poverty is...

• when people do not have money to buy certain energies

• energy resources that are renewable

• the lack of access to modern energy services and products

• energy sources that are non-renewable

A renewable resource is...

• a resource that goes extinct and can not be used again

• a resource that too many people have and it makes it rare

• a resource that can only be used once

• a resource that can be used over and over again

A nutrient is...

• a part of food used by the body to grow and survive

• a part of the plant that dies and makes new food

• a resource that can be used over and over again

• a non-renewable resouce

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Malnutrition is...

• meeting human needs in ways that ensure future generations

  will also be able to meet their needs

• a part of food used by the body to grow and survive

• an abundance of a resource that positively affects growth and health

• a lack of proper nutrition that negatively affects growth and

  health

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Sustainability is...

• having control over the abundance of resources and bargaining with others for their resources

• meeting human needs in ways that ensure future generations

  will also be able to meet their needs

• destroying possible resources so that no one else can access them

• managing resources so that only some individuals have access to that specific resource

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Air pollution is...

• a lack of proper nutrition that negatively affects growth and

  health

• any contamination of water with chemicals or other

  hazardous substances that are detrimental to human, animal,

  or plant health

• the contamination of air by harmful substances including

  gases and smoke

• a part of food used by the body to grow and survive

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Water pollution is...

• any contamination of water with chemicals or other

  hazardous substances that are detrimental to human, animal,

  or plant health

• any contamination of the Earth with chemicals or other hazardous substances that are detrimental to human, animal, or plant health

• the contamination of air by harmful substances including

  gases and smoke

• when a community lacks the resources and requirements for

  a minimum standard of living

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Poverty is...

• when the resources are unevenly distributed amongst communities

• a hazardous chemical released into the air which causes damage to the water cycle

• when a community has too many resources and their is a surplus of items in their community

• when a community lacks the resources and requirements for

  a minimum standard of living

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Water is a renewable resource.

• True
• False

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