Go to the Quizzes Page How are Resources Depleted? 0% 95 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 20 Which of the following is common in forming coal, oil, and natural gas? organisms are exposed to low pressure and temperature organism remains are exposed to high pressure and temperature they are formed in oceans they have formed hundreds of years ago 2 / 20 What is deforestation? Going to a forest and pulling weeds Clearing the five trees in my backyard Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale Eating too much vegetables 3 / 20 Why are minerals and fossil fuels classified as nonrenewable resources? because they are natural resources because they are valuable and expensive because they reform naturally in a short time because they are used faster than they can form 4 / 20 Many metallic minerals form in areas ...................... near the parent material with heavy rainfall of subduction zones inside the oceans 5 / 20 Which of these is not a type of resource depletion Trees Air Oil Water 6 / 20 Which statement best describes the next image? The remains of prehistoric ocean organisms get covered by layers of sediment. Plankton is exposed to low pressure and temperature. The remains of prehistoric ocean organisms form coal. The remains of swamp plants form coal. 7 / 20 Which factor affects the ability of a rock to store water? presence of water color of rock mass of rock presence of pores 8 / 20 An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well. watershed river water table aquifer 9 / 20 What happens if we overpump groundwater? the amount of freshwater will increase the well will collapse salt water will mix with freshwater freshwater will be healthier 10 / 20 Which of the following is an effect of mining? Mining adds good minerals to the water resources. Mining nourishes the soil and fixes it in the land. Mining destroys habitats for many animals and plants. Mining adds new plant species to the area. 11 / 20 What are fossil fuels formed from? prehistoric organisms air and water pores and spaces groundwater 12 / 20 What would be the effect of mining all resources in a certain area on people? People will leave their homes to search for minerals in different places. People will make new minerals instead of natural ones. People will live normally unaffected by the loss of minerals. People will wait for resources to reform again on Earth. 13 / 20 .................. removing valuable resources from Earth mining porosity permeability groundwater 14 / 20 Due to........................., salt water forms a cone and moves up and contaminates the freshwater. overpumping aquifers precipitation rainfall 15 / 20 How do people extract groundwater? answer not shown groundwater cannot be extracted mining water from the Earth by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground 16 / 20 ................... is a measurement of how well a rock holds water Overdraft Permeability Crystallize Porosity 17 / 20 An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water. Aquifer Reservoir Well Spring 18 / 20 Which of the following is a risk of overpumping? upconing wells aquifers precipitation 19 / 20 What is the type of underground water? polluted water salt water freshwater a mixture of fresh and salt water 20 / 20 Groundwater ................. the process where groundwater is removed from an underground water source faster than it can be replaced subduction zone porosity permeability overdraft Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page