Chapter 8 - human systems and resource use

Question 1

Natural capital is a ____ that, if appropriately ____, can produce a _____ of goods and services.

Answer 1

natural resource
managed
natural income

Question 2

Carrying capacity is the _____ number of a ____ that can be _____ supported by a given area.

Answer 2

maximum
species
sustainably

Question 3

Renewable resource is a _____ resource that can ____ or ____ themselves (timber)

Answer 3

living
replace
restock

Question 4

Replenish-able resources are ____, they can _____ themselves over time often driven by the ___ energy (stratospheric ozone)

Answer 4

non living
replace
sun’s

Question 5

Non renewable resources exist in ____ amounts on earth and are not ____ or __ as they have been made over a ___ time scale (fossil fuels)

Answer 5

finite
renewed
replaced
geological