Natural Resources: Types and Uses
Explore the different types of natural resources, including biotic, abiotic, renewable, and non-renewable resources. Understand the significance of water resources, their production processes, and their availability, especially in the context of the Philippines.
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- Question 1
- Renewable resources are always biotic, while non-renewable resources are abiotic.
- Renewable resources are only found in aquatic ecosystems.
- Renewable resources can be replenished naturally over time, whereas non-renewable resources exist in limited quantities and take millions of years to form.
- Non-renewable resources are not essential for human survival.
- Question 2
- True
- False
- Question 3
- Dipterocarp
- Question 4
- By using wind turbines to convert kinetic energy into electricity.
- By using sails on boats to navigate waterways.
- By using windmills to directly pump water for irrigation.
- By directly converting wind into thermal energy for heating.
- Question 5
- Wind is created by differential solar heating of the Earth's surface, topography, and Earth's rotation, making it an indirect form of solar energy,
- Question 6
- True
- False
- Question 7
- Question 8
- The transformation of ancient plant and animal remains under high pressure and heat over millions of years.
- The freezing of organic matter in arctic conditions.
- The immediate consumption of organic material by microorganisms.
- Rapid decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen.
- Question 9
- Conventional natural gas is found in permeable rock beds, whereas unconventional gas requires extraction through methods like fracking due to being trapped in less permeable formations.
- Question 10
- Combustion of uranium with oxygen.
- Nuclear fusion, which combines light atoms into heavier ones.
- Harnessing geothermal energy to heat uranium.
- Nuclear fission, which splits uranium atoms to release energy.
- Question 11
- True
- False
- Question 12
- biome
- Question 13
- The variety of plant species.
- The population size of herbivorous animals.
- The levels of oxygen, water, light, and temperature
- The types of decomposers present.
- Question 14
- Ecosystems self-regulate through mechanisms like predation, controlling population density, and natural succession towards a stable climax community.
- Question 15
- They represent the final, stable stage of succession.
- They accelerate the rate of soil erosion.
- They are the first organisms to colonize a new or disturbed environment.
- They compete with climax communities for resources.
- Question 16
- True
- False
- Question 17
- ammonification
- Question 18
- Mining of nitrogen-rich mineral deposits.
- Combustion of fossil fuels.
- Use of commercial fertilizers.
- Discharge of municipal sewage.
- Question 19
- Burning fossil fuels releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases and contributing to climate change.
- Question 20
- Agroecosystems capture more energy from the sun than natural ecosystems.
- Agroecosystems depend on fuel and labor inputs by farmers, while natural ecosystems rely on natural energy cycles.
- Both agroecosystems and natural ecosystems depend equally on solar energy.
- Agroecosystems rely solely on natural energy cycles, while natural ecosystems require human intervention.
List of Flashcards20 flashcards
- Card 1HintThink of air, water, minerals, and forests.Memory TipNature provides for humanity's basic needs.
- Card 2HintBio- means ‘life’Memory TipComes from living things Biomass
- Card 3HintA- means ‘not’ or ‘without’.Memory TipDoesn't come from life, like solar, wind and water
- Card 4HintCan be used againMemory TipRenewable means: RE-NEW, can reuse it again
- Card 5HintOnce used, they're goneMemory TipCannot renew them in our lifetimes
- Card 6HintWhere life exists, without life itselfMemory TipHousing for life but not alive Abiotic
- Card 7HintThe community of living things.Memory TipCommunity: All life working in harmony together.
- Card 8HintEco-friendly actionsMemory TipManaging nature for a better environment.
- Card 9HintLearning to protect the EarthMemory TipEducation empowers environmental action.
- Card 10HintA large region, a specific areaMemory TipSimilar to Earth's ‘biological home’.
- Card 11HintLife meets non-life in harmonyMemory TipEcosystem : Living and nonliving together.
- Card 12HintBalance for the future.Memory TipSustain (hold up) the future use.
- Card 13HintCaring for what we have.Memory TipStewards are responsible caretakers.
- Card 14HintHarmful additions.Memory TipPollution contaminates our Earth.
- Card 15HintEcosystem transformation.Memory TipEcosystems evolving over time.
- Card 16HintThe brave starters.Memory TipPioneer species colonize new lands.
- Card 17HintCarbon's round trip.Memory TipCarbon goes around in a circle.
- Card 18HintFarming area’s pros and cons.Memory TipAgro Systems: farming but impacts ecosystems.
- Card 19HintOutput, not just labor, but energy and other inputs.Memory TipMore inputs, more yield.
- Card 20HintSocial justice in agriculture.Memory TipFair distribution is key.