Renewable Resources Quiz
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Renewable Resources Quiz

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What is the main concern regarding water resources?

Water pollution

What is the phrase coined by Australian agricultural scientist Gordon McClymont?

Sustainable agriculture

What is the percentage of fresh water that is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps?

Slightly over two thirds

What is the method of growing only one crop at a time in a given field called?

<p>Monoculture</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated percentage of worldwide water used in industry?

<p>22%</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of a renewable resource?

<p>A natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are perpetual resources?

<p>Resources with a recovery rate unlikely to ever exceed a human time scale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key indicator of a resource's sustainability?

<p>A positive life-cycle assessment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Give an example of a renewable energy resource.

<p>Solar, geothermal, and wind power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Under what conditions can water be considered a renewable resource?

<p>When carefully controlled usage and temperature, treatment, and release are followed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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