Natural Resources Test

Question 1

Define natural resources

Answer 1

Material or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Ex water, minerals, animals

Question 2

What are examples of natural resources

Answer 2

Forests, water, minerals, animals

Question 3

Define raw materials

Answer 3

The basic material from which a product is made

Question 4

What are examples of raw materials

Answer 4

Wood from a tree is turned into timber and then into furniture

Question 5

List all four cutting techniques

Answer 5

Clear cutting
Strip cutting
Shelter wood
Single tree selection

Question 6

What are the two categories of resources

Answer 6

Non renewable and renewable

Question 7

Define renewable resource

Answer 7

Those that are constantly available or can be reasonably replaced or recovered

Question 8

Define non renewable resource

Answer 8

Those that cannot be be easily replaced once they are destroyed

Question 9

What is an example of a renewable resource

Answer 9

Plants, animals, and water

Question 10

What is an example of a non renewable resource

Answer 10

Fossil fuels and minerals

Question 11

Define natural threat

Answer 11

Damage to the forests but not man made

Question 12

What are the different types of natural threats

Answer 12

Disease, forest fire , insect infestation

Question 13

What is forest infestation

Answer 13

A forest being. Invaded by pests or parasites

Question 14

What percentage of the Canadian territory is forested

Answer 14

45%

Question 15

What ecozone contains most of the Canadian forests

Answer 15

Canadian shield

Question 16

Define minerals

Answer 16

A naturally occurring, pure, non living substance found in the rocks of the earth

Question 17

Which ecozone are you most likely to find metallic minerals

Answer 17

Canadian Shield

Question 18

What ecozone are you most likely to find fossil fuels and industrial minerals in

Answer 18

Interior platform

Question 19

What are the three categories of minerals

Answer 19

Metallic minerals
Industrial minerals
Fossil fuels

Question 20

Provide an example for each type of mineral

Answer 20

Metallic : iron, silver
Industrial : gravel, diamond
Fossil fuels : oil, gas, coal

Question 21

Define metallic mineral

Answer 21

Minerals that when refined, yield various forms of metal

Question 22

List two uses of metallic minerals

Answer 22

Manufacturing and transportation (building the car)

Question 23

Define fossil fuels

Answer 23

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

Question 24

What are fossil fuels used for

Answer 24

Primarily used for energy

Question 25

Define industrial minerals

Answer 25

All things mined which re neither metallic minerals nor fossil fuels

Question 26

List the uses of industrial minerals

Answer 26

Construction and building of electronics

Question 27

Where is potash concentrated

Answer 27

Saskatchewan

Question 28

Define the process of mining

Answer 28

Process of obtaining minerals from the ground

Question 29

What are tailings? How are they formed

Answer 29

the materials left over after the process of separating ore from the material it is found in.

Question 30

Where does Canada rank in global mineral production

Answer 30

Third

Question 31

Where does Canada tank in global mineral exportation? Why ?

Answer 31

First

Question 32

What did the Trudeau government promos last year

Answer 32

announced its plan to eliminate the use of traditional coal fired electricity in Canada by 2030.

Question 33

Define overburden

Answer 33

the material which lies above a mineral deposit, such as rock, soil, and trees.

Question 34

List the three types of mining

Answer 34

* Strip Mining * Open Pit Mining * Underground mining

Question 35

Define strip mining and it’s two environmental concerns

Answer 35

is used to extract minerals such as coal and oil sands, that are located in horizontal layers near the surface. Chemicals can seep into the water by run off and be carryed into the air from wind

Question 36

Define open pit mining and it’s two environmental concerns

Answer 36

is used to extract minerals that are located near the surface but may extend deep into the earth. The exposed rock that was under the earth for so long can release radioactive chemicals into the air and creates a chemical liquid called tailings

Question 37

Define underground mining and it’s two environmental concerns

Answer 37

is used to extract mineral ores located deep in the earth. The chemicals released into the air during the extraction and refining of minerals is one of the biggest contributing factors to acid rain and The soil that remains after mining operations end is often let irreparably damaged.

Question 38

What are two economic concerns for Canada mineral industry

Answer 38

Jobs in refinement are being lost | Becoming more expensive as new policies are put in place

Question 39

What are two environmental concerns for Canada’s mineral industry

Answer 39

chemicals also jeopardize our air quality. | •Abandoned mines provide an interesting problem for the future.

Question 40

Where does Canada rank per capita in global energy consumption? Why?

Answer 40

Third

Question 41

What are the two categories of energy sources

Answer 41

Conventional and alternative

Question 42

Describe the process in which oil and gas forms

Answer 42

Oil and gas form from the carbon material found in dying organic matter, such as fossils.

Question 43

Which two ecozones is the majority of Canada’s oil production found in

Answer 43

Boreal plains and prairie ecozones

Question 44

In 2001 how many times more oil did Alberta produce than any other province?

Answer 44

Three times

Question 45

Define oil production

Answer 45

refers to both crude oil which is pumped from the ground, and synthetic crude oil which is created from oil sand.

Question 46

Define oil sand

Answer 46

is a naturally occurring mixture of sand, clay or other minerals, water and bitumen.

Question 47

Describe bitumen

Answer 47

a thick oil like substance which can be refined into a form of crude oil.

Question 48

Define thermal electric power

Answer 48

energy which is created using steam to turn a turbine.

Question 49

List the four main types of alternative energy production

Answer 49

Hydro Solar Wind Ocean

Question 50

List one advantage for thermal electric and one disadvantage

Answer 50

Plants can be built where they are needed. | These plants create large amounts of greenhouse gasses.

Question 51

Define nuclear energy list 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages

Answer 51

They do not normally produce air pollution Plants can be built where they are needed There is no permanent way to handle waste products The radioactive materials are hazardous

Question 52

What is the most important form of alternative energy in Canada

Answer 52

Hydro

Question 53

What percentage of Canada’s electricity is generated through the use of moving water

Answer 53

59.3 percent

Question 54

Canada is the second largest producer in what type of energy

Answer 54

Hydroelectricity

Question 55

Define hydro electricity and list one advantage and disadvantage

Answer 55

Electricity generated through capturing the force of moving water It’s a renewable resource Building dams requires the flooding of other areas

Question 56

Define wind energy and list one advantage and disadvantage

Answer 56

The kinetic force of wind can be used to propel a turbine and generate electricity Wind is free Their sounds attract animals which then fly into the blades

Question 57

Define solar energy and list one advantage and disadvantage

Answer 57

Is generated through the capture of the suns heat and radiation Used to generate heat and electricity The initial start up costs are high

Question 58

What form of solar power is used for electricity

Answer 58

Solar thermal

Question 59

Describe the process in which the ocean is used to generate energy

Answer 59

The harnessing of wave or tide friction in order to generate energy

Question 60

What are the two forms of fresh water

Answer 60

Static and flowing

Question 61

What percentage of the worlds fresh water does Canada contain

Answer 61

20%

Question 62

Define wetland

Answer 62

Areas of land that have become saturated with water

Question 63

What percentage of Canada’s territory is covered in wetlands

Answer 63

14%

Question 64

List and define the five drainage basins

Answer 64

``` An area drained by a river and its tributaries Pacific Arctic Hudson Bay Atlantic Gulf of Mexico ```

Question 65

Describe how ground water becomes contaminated

Answer 65

Chemicals and pollutants can sink into the water table and contaminate the water

Question 66

Describe how surface water is contaminated

Answer 66

Run off of chemicals and acid rain

Question 67

What are the three forms of water pollution

Answer 67

Physical Biological Chemical

Question 68

What is the most dangerous type of water pollution

Answer 68

Chemical