Unit 9 Vocabulary
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- Q1Any natural material that is used by humans, such as air, soil, minerals, water, petroleum, plants and animals.natural resourcenon renewable resourcerenewable resourceFossil Fuel30s
- Q2A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.natural resourceFossil Fuelnonrenewable resourcerenewable resource30s
- Q3A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed.nonrenewable resourceFossil Fuelnatural resourcerenewable resource30s
- Q4A nonrenewable resource formed from buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.Fossil Fuelnonrenewable resourcerenewable resourcenatural resource30s
- Q5A natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food or drink.energy resourcematerial resourcenatural resourcerenewable resource30s
- Q6A natural resource that humans use to generate energy.renewable resourcematerial resourceenergy resourcefossil fuel30s
- Q7The growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities.desertificationland degradationUrbanizationdeforestation30s
- Q8The process by which human activity and natural processes damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.land degredationdesertificationurbanizationdeforestation30s
- Q9The process by which land becomes more desertlike and unable to support life.deforestationland degredationurbanizationdesertification30s
- Q10The removal of trees and other vegetation from an area is called.urbanizationdeforestationland degredationdesertification30s
- Q11When waste or other material is added to water so that it is harmful to organisms that use it or live in it.nonpoint-source pollutionthermal pollutionwater pollutionpoint-source pollution30s
- Q12Pollution that comes from a specific site.water pollutioneutrophicationnonpoint-source pollutionpoint-source pollution30s
- Q13pollution that comes from many small sources and is more difficult to control.nonpoint-source pollutionwater pollutioneutrophicationthermal pollution30s
- Q14Any heating of natural water that results from human activity.point-source pollutioneutrophicationwater pollutionthermal pollution30s
- Q15An increase in the amount of nutrients in water is called.water pollutioneutrophicationnonpoint-source pollutionthermal pollution30s