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Natural Resources Flashcards

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What is the definition of natural resources

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Are materials found in nature that we need to live,

These include fuel for energy, water, Wood and rocks for building and fertile soil for growing crops

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What are the four spheres of the earth

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Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere/geosphere
Hydrosphere

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What are some examples of things in the biosphere

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Plants, humans, energy from the sun

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What are some examples of things from the hydrosphere

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Water

Precipitation

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What are some examples of things in the lithosphere

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Nutrience from the soil

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What are examples of things in the atmosphere

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Air around any location

Clouds

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How old is the earth

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4.54 billion years old

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What are the four geological time zones

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Precambrian is first
Palaeozoic era
Mesozoic era
Cenozenoic era

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What are the layers of the soil/ground from the highest layer to the lowest layer

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Humus
Top soil
Sub soil
Weathered rock
Bed rock
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What is the definition of a biome

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A large scale community of organisms that have evolved from interaction of the earth’s spheres

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What is the definition of the hydrosphere

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Water movement on the earths surface. In rainforests high humidity in the air heavy rainfall water on vegetation and rivers/seas

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What is the definition of the atmosphere

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Conditions of climate and movement of gases in the air

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What is the definition of the lithosphere

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Make up of geology (rocks) and soil

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What are the layers of the rainforest from the highest tree to the lowest fern

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Emergent
Canopy
Under canopy
Shrubs

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What does crude oil mean

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Carbon based liquid formed from fossilised animals

It can be refined into diesel, petrol, gasoline and other petrochemicals

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What is the definition of natural gas

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Methane and other gases trapped between seams of rock under the earth which can be released through pipes sunk into the ground

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What is the definition of renewable energy

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It is an energy source that is not depleted by use such as wind or solar power

18
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What is the definition of non renewable energy

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It is energy that will run out and will not be replenished in millions of years

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