Natural Resources Test Practice 2022
with COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The quality and quantity of natural resources available for human consumption (amongst other
organisms) is mainly affected by what? - ✔✔Increasing human pop
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Natural Resources Test Practice 2022
with COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The quality and quantity of natural resources available for human consumption (amongst other
organisms) is mainly affected by what? - ✔✔Increasing human population
What are some negative impacts of increasing per capita consumption? - ✔✔Decreased air and water
quality due to pollution, changes in the atmosphere that have impacted the climate, changes in the
topography due to resource extraction, and changes in the flow and movement of water
How are natural resources categorized into renewable or nonrenewable? - ✔✔Based on the time it
takes for them to be replenished naturally
How long has planet Earth been existing for? - ✔✔About 4.6 billion years
What does natural resources mean? - ✔✔Materials that are found on Earth naturally and used by
people
What does renewable resource mean? - ✔✔Materials, such as water, plants, or animals, that are
replenished by natural processes
What does nonrenewable resource mean? - ✔✔A material—such as petroleum, coal natural gas, and
many minerals—that cannot be easily or quickly replaced by natural systems
What does consumption mean? - ✔✔The purchase or use of something, including natural resources
What does property mean? - ✔✔A characteristic that makes a material unique
What does mining mean? - ✔✔The process of digging into Earth's surface to remove resourcesWhat does deposits mean? - ✔✔Areas containing significant amount of a resource
What does fossil fuel mean? - ✔✔A fuel produced by living plant materials that have been buried by
heat and pressure and layers within the earth over millions of years of time. Natural gas, petroleum, and
coal are examples of fossil fuels
What are the two categories that all forms of energy can be put into? - ✔✔Kinetic and potential energy
How is oil formed? - ✔✔When dead plants or animals get buried by sand, silt, or rocks and get melted
by heat for millions of years
What are some products made from oil? - ✔✔Wax, Lubrication oils, tar, feedstocks, diesel fuel, gasoline,
propane, plastics
What is the best way to transport gas? - ✔✔From wells to gathering pipelines to gas processing plants,
simplified answer: pipelines
How is most coal transported? - ✔✔By train
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