Natural Resources On Earth

Question 1

Resources

Answer 1

Things that we use to help us

Question 2

Natural resources

Answer 2

Resoures that we find in the environment

Question 3

What are the 3 different types of natural resources and explain

Answer 3

Living things
Plants and animals that live on land or water- rivers, lakes and sea= marine animals

Non-living things
Water
Oil
Air
Coal
Minerals

Cant hold or touch
Beautiful scenery
Quiet places

Question 4

In what 4 ways are natural resources valuable

Answer 4

Help us stay alive
Breathe oygen, drink water, eat fish

Sources of energy
Wood
Coal
Oil

Raw materials for building
Iron and minerals used to make steel for cars, clay for bricks and cotton for clothes

People find work related to NR
Manufacture things
Tourism

Question 5

Scenery

Answer 5

Things, such as mountains, rivers and forests that you see around you in the countryside

Question 6

Tourism

Answer 6

Visiting places on holiday or for pleasure

Question 7

Valuable

Answer 7

Of great importance

Question 8

Consequences

Answer 8

Results of things that have happened

Question 9

Species

Answer 9

A group of animals or plants that are the same and can breed together

Question 10

Migrate

Answer 10

To move from one part of the world to another every year

Question 11

Carcasses

Answer 11

The dead bodies, meat

Question 12

What does it mean if we abuse R

Answer 12

When we use R in a way of damaging them

Question 13

Info on WHALES

Answer 13

ABOUT: many species come to our waters to breed/migrate

USE: 
Blubber - fatty tissue that keeps whale warm
>oil
>soap
>magerine
>cooking fat
>candles
>cosmetics 

Ambergris - waxy substance
>fix scent in perfume

Whale Meat - popular in Japan

KILL: large spears - harpoons
Guns

Carcasses taken to whaling stations in CT and Durban
Processed and exported

ABUSE:
1975 - so many whales killed
> not enough to support whaling industry
> resource = overused

1979 - SA banned whaling
> felt whaling was cruel and unnecessary
> products could be made from other things
> lost jobs

NOWADAYS: visit the Cape coast to watch whales at Hermanus - encouraged tourism
- jobs

Question 14

Info on Air

Answer 14

Air we breathe is a mixture of gases

Oxygen - breathe
- fires to burn
Carbon Dioxide - plants > make food

Some gases harm people and environment

AIR POLLUTION: harms ppl and environment
>Petrol and diesel driven engines
>Burning coal and oil at home, factories and power stations
>Coal fires add soot and ash to the air

Question 15

Info on Acid Rain

Answer 15

Sulfur Dioxide + Nitrogen Oxide + Rain = Acid Rain

> damages buildings
poisons rivers and soil, killing plants and animals

Question 16

Info on Global Warming

Answer 16

By burning coal and oil = Carbon Dioxide = Earth’s temperature rising = GLOBAL WARMING

Causes climate patterns change
Polar ice is melting 
            = 
Raising sea levels
             = 
Flooding land

AFFECTS
Natural Vegetation
Farming
Food Supply

Question 17

Acid rain

Answer 17

Rain that has acid in it

Question 18

Global warming

Answer 18

The increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere

Question 19

Climate change

Answer 19

Change in the weather conditions of a place

Question 20

Info on Forests

Answer 20

Take Carbon Dioxide out of the air
Help lower global warming

SA’s forests
>wide variety of indigenous trees and other plants
>habitat of many animals that depend for food and shelter

As population grows = trees get cut down
RESULT - only few patches of natural forests left

Question 21

Deforestation

Answer 21

The cutting down and removing of trees from a large area

Question 22

Habitat

Answer 22

The natural place where a plant or animal lives

Question 23

Indigenous

Answer 23

Living or growing in an area where something is originally from

Question 24

Exhaust fumes

Answer 24

The waste gas that comes from a car’s engine