Environmental concerns

Question 0

Nonrenewable resource

Answer 0

Limited in supply

Amount of land

Fossil fuels

Question 1

Resource

Answer 1

Biotic or abiotic factor that helps meet basic needs

Question 2

Renewable resource

Answer 2

Not limited

Water
Solar energy
Plants and animals for food

Question 3

Pollution

Answer 3

Side effect of resource use

Question 4

Coastal pollution

Answer 4

Toxic substances traveling downstream to sea

Question 5

Desertification

Answer 5

Conversion of semi arid land to desert

Can result from overgrazing if livestock

Question 6

Deforestation

Answer 6

The removal of trees

Causes loss of soil nutrients and fertility

Question 7

Irrigation

Answer 7

Intensive agriculture

Question 8

Aquifers

Answer 8

Hold 1000 times as much water as falls on land as precipitation each year

Question 9

Aquaculture

Answer 9

Growing aquatic organisms

Question 10

Greenhouse gases

Answer 10

Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere

Carbon dioxide, methane

Question 11

Saltwater intrusion

Answer 11

Water lowering to the point to cause seawater backing up into streams and aquifers

Reduces the supply of fresh water along the coast

Question 12

Fossil fuels

Answer 12

Fuels that are derived from the compressed remains of plants and animals that died millions of years ago

Question 13

Minerals

Answer 13

Nonrenewable raw materials in earth’s crust that can be mined and used by humans

Question 14

CFCs

Answer 14

Chlorofluorocarbons

Chemical which creates holes in the ozone layer