Chapter 11 Review

Natural resources must be managed to ensure their ________.

• availability

• depletion

• pollution

• scarcity

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Which of the following are examples of renewable resources?

• Water, soil, wildlife, timber

• Oil, coal, natural gas

• Plastic, metal, glass

• None of the above

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If a renewable resource is harvested sustainably, then the amount of replacement is equal to the amount ________.

• harvested

• wasted

• stored

• lost

What percentage of the Earth's land surface is covered in forests?

• 30%

• 10%

• 50%

• 70%

An economic value of forests is that they provide ________.

• wood

• plastic

• glass

• concrete

An old-growth forest is a type of forest which contains the greatest variety of ________.

• habitats

• rivers

• mountains

• deserts

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Clear-cutting is a harvesting method that leads to future forests with the least amount of ________.

• biodiversity

• sunlight

• water

• soil

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Selection systems are harvesting methods that lead to the most uneven-aged ________.

• regrowth

• canopy

• soil

• habitat

Deforestation involves clearing forested areas and replacing it with some other ________.

• land use

• tree species

• water body

• climate

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Globally, deforestation adds ________ to Earth's atmosphere.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen