Geography Assessment Outcomes Flashcards
What is a raw material?
A material that can be used for manufacturing purposes.
What is a natural material?
A natural material is any product that comes from the ground, plants or animals.
What is a renewable Source?
A renewable source is a natural product that will replenish itself in a short period of time. Like Wind energy, solar energy or geothermal energy.
What is a non - renewable source?
A non-renewable source is a natural product that takes thousands of years to produce/create once humans take some. Like Oil, coal and natural gasses/greenhouse gasses.
What are fossil fuels examples?
Coal oil and natural gasses
What are fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are non-renewable materials that are formed naturally after thousands of years and are burned for energy.
What is the difference between renewable and non - renewable sources?
A renewable source takes a short time to replenish itself and a NON - renewable source takes thousands of years to replenish itself.
Define the term subsistence farming
the practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient only for one’s own use, without any surplus for trade.
What is the Hydrologic cycle?
The hydrologic cycle is the same thing as the water cycle but it is just a more scientific name for it.
What is the order of the water cycle?
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
Precipitation
Classify water as a renewable or non-renewable resource.
Renewable
Why can’t we drink ocean water?
It is salty and will deteriorate our kidneys
What percent of water is freshwater?
2.5% or 3%.
What is the desalination process
The process that that removes salt from salt water.
What are topographic maps?
A topographic map is a detailed and accurate illustration of man-made and natural features on the ground such as roads, railways, power transmission lines, contours, elevations, rivers, lakes and geographical names. The topographic map is a two-dimensional representation of the Earth’s three-dimensional landscape.
