Distribution of Natural Resources

Which describes the distribution of natural resources on Earth?

• They are available to everyone in unlimited amounts for unlimited time.

• They are unavailable to everyone because of their limited amounts.

• They are evenly distributed and unaffected by different conditions.

• They are unevenly distributed and affected by different conditions.

What do the maps tell you about the distribution of natural resources?

• Natural resources are evenly distributed in every country.

• Natural resources are unevenly distributed around the world.

• Natural resources are only found in large countries.

• Natural resources are scarce and diminishing around the world.

Which of the following is NOT a natural energy resource?

• Geothermal

• Petroleum

• Minerals

• Coal

What causes conflict when natural resources are unevenly distributed?

• Imbalances of power and wealth

• Equal power and wealth in countries

• An overabundance of a natural resource

• Plenty of natural resources for everyone

Which of these resources covers about 3/4th of the total surface of earth?

• Land

• Soil

• Air

• Water

Antarctica holds 70% of the world's resources of this.

• lichen

• freshwater

• land

• water

Which of the following is true according to the map?

• The United States does not have much 
• All states have at least a little gas and oil.
• There is more gas and oil in the western part of the United States than the eastern part.
• Most of the gas is found along the coastlines of the United States.

What are non-renewable resources?

• resources that are sustainable

• resources that we can make more of

• resources that will run out

• resources that are easily made

Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future is called _______.

• Sustainable Development

• Resource Conservation

• Resource Development

• Sustainable Conservation

A resource is

• Something that is always renewed from the Earth's natural cycles

• A substance from the environment that we find economically feasible to extract and socially acceptable to use.

• Something that is always not renewed from the Earth's natural cycles

• Always spread evenly across the Earth