Environmental Issues and Resource Management

Raw materials taken from the Earth

that are used to make human-made objects

are called...?

• electricity

• natural products

• natural resources

• dirt

Why is water classified as a renewable rather than a nonrenewable resource? Water is classified as renewable because it -

• is constantly replaced

• is important to all life

• can be frozen into ice

why do people suffer from malnutrition ?

• not eating enough undernutrition or not eating enough of the right food to give your body the nutrients it needs

• when they eat to much food and get sick a lot

• when they don't exercise enough and eat to much

Using public transportation, like trains and buses, rather than cars helps conserve nonrenewable resources because public transportation -

• needs more water to maintain than the same number of cars

• uses less fossil fuels to move people from place to place

• involves using much more paper for printed materials

Students were asked to generate a list that contained nothing but renewable resources. Which student was the the only one to make a correct list?

• Student A

• Student C

• Student D

How could throwing a used battery in the trash lead to pollution?

• All batteries can be recharged so they should not be thrown away.

• Used batteries in trash that gets burned could cause thermal water pollution.

• Acids or bases from the battery could soak into landfill soil and pollute groundwater.

• It does not lead to pollution because the chemicals in the battery are permanently contained inside the battery.

What type of energy comes from sunlight?

• hydro

• solar

• electric

Which statement about poverty is true

• poverty has little effect on people's health

• wealthier countries tend to have fewer people living in extreme poverty

• poverty has little effect on standard of living

• countries with welfare programs have eliminated the problem of poverty completely

Choose an example of how nonrenewable resources can be used up.

• Mining for coal and using it to heat homes

• Rainwater collecting in a barrel

• Sun rays being changed into solar energy

• Planting plants to create more oxygen

Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?

• wind

• sunlight

• coal