humanites quiz

Question 1

essential question

Answer 1

What are the relationships among people and place? How have people changed the environment to better suit their needs?

Question 2

Natural resources

Answer 2

the materials made by nature that people use

Question 3

Renewable resource

Answer 3

a natural resource that can be replaced (i.e. plants & soil

Question 4

Nonrenewable resource

Answer 4

a natural resource that can never be replaced once it is used (i.e. coal or oil)

Question 5

Minerals

Answer 5

A natural substance such as iron or salt that can be reached by digging in the earth.

Question 6

Deforestation

Answer 6

The widespread cutting down of trees without replacing them.

Question 7

Water Cycle

Answer 7

The movement of water from the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.