WorksheetsHuman Dependence on Natural Resources
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Any process that happens on Earth
Nonrenewable
Renenewable
Geoscience Process
Natural Resources
A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime.
Geoscience Process
Limited Resource
Renewable Resource
Nonrenewable Resource
Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are _________ _________ that are vital to human life.
Nonrenewable Resources
Renewable Resources
Solar
Geoscience Processes
Many natural resources are _______ distributed around the world.
unevenly
evenly
odd
oddly
A resource that can be replaced in a human
Limited
Nonrenewable
Renewable
The locations where certain natural resources are found are the results of ________ ________, such as continental movement.
Natural Resouces
Geoscience processes
Resources such as _____ and ______ energy are unlimited because they can be replaced as fast as they are.
wind and solar
electrical and hydro
Something that is needed by organisms and is not infinite in its abundance
Limited Resource
Unlimited Resource
Resources that exist without human intervention
Geoscience processes
Natural Resources
Limited Resouces
Unlimited Resources
People try to conserve some resources, like fossil fuels, because they are not replaceable. Why can't these resource be replaced?
They must be transported long distances
Processes that make them takes so long
No one can afford to buy more of them
It is impossible to extract more from the earth.
Coal forms in locations where vegetation gets buried quickly and then altered by heat and pressure over millions of years. Which location is most likely to have coal?
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
People move into and begin living in an area that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the effect on the amount of water?
Water will be more evenly distributed in the area.
Most of the fresh water in the area will be converted to salt water.
The amount of fresh water suitable for drinking will increase.
There will be less available for other living things.
Which renewable resource is most commonly used to generate electricity?
Coal
Natural Gas
Hydroelectric
Oil
Which example describes a way people recycle water?
Taking short showers instead of bath
Melting glacier ice to get drinking water
treating waste water to use for watering crops
Turn off water when not in use
What do formation of coal, oil, and natural gas have in common?
They all form when thick layers of rocks or sediment cover dead organisms and apply pressure millions of years
They all form from erosion, weathering and deposition of rocks
They are artificially made in labs
