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Unit 9 Vocabulary

Quiz by Jessica Odom

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  • Q1
    Any natural material that is used by humans, such as air, soil, minerals, water, petroleum, plants and animals.
    natural resource
    non renewable resource
    renewable resource
    Fossil Fuel
    30s
  • Q2
    A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.
    natural resource
    Fossil Fuel
    nonrenewable resource
    renewable resource
    30s
  • Q3
    A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed.
    nonrenewable resource
    Fossil Fuel
    natural resource
    renewable resource
    30s
  • Q4
    A nonrenewable resource formed from buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
    Fossil Fuel
    nonrenewable resource
    renewable resource
    natural resource
    30s
  • Q5
    A natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food or drink.
    energy resource
    material resource
    natural resource
    renewable resource
    30s
  • Q6
    A natural resource that humans use to generate energy.
    renewable resource
    material resource
    energy resource
    fossil fuel
    30s
  • Q7
    The growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities.
    desertification
    land degradation
    Urbanization
    deforestation
    30s
  • Q8
    The process by which human activity and natural processes damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.
    land degredation
    desertification
    urbanization
    deforestation
    30s
  • Q9
    The process by which land becomes more desertlike and unable to support life.
    deforestation
    land degredation
    urbanization
    desertification
    30s
  • Q10
    The removal of trees and other vegetation from an area is called.
    urbanization
    deforestation
    land degredation
    desertification
    30s
  • Q11
    When waste or other material is added to water so that it is harmful to organisms that use it or live in it.
    nonpoint-source pollution
    thermal pollution
    water pollution
    point-source pollution
    30s
  • Q12
    Pollution that comes from a specific site.
    water pollution
    eutrophication
    nonpoint-source pollution
    point-source pollution
    30s
  • Q13
    pollution that comes from many small sources and is more difficult to control.
    nonpoint-source pollution
    water pollution
    eutrophication
    thermal pollution
    30s
  • Q14
    Any heating of natural water that results from human activity.
    point-source pollution
    eutrophication
    water pollution
    thermal pollution
    30s
  • Q15
    An increase in the amount of nutrients in water is called.
    water pollution
    eutrophication
    nonpoint-source pollution
    thermal pollution
    30s

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