Go to the Quizzes Page How are Resources Depleted? 0% 159 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 20 ................... is a measurement of how well a rock holds water Crystallize Overdraft Porosity Permeability 2 / 20 What is the type of underground water? a mixture of fresh and salt water polluted water freshwater salt water 3 / 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. 4 / 20 Which statement best describes the next image? The remains of prehistoric ocean organisms form coal. The remains of swamp plants form coal. Plankton is exposed to low pressure and temperature. The remains of prehistoric ocean organisms get covered by layers of sediment. 5 / 20 Which of these is not a type of resource depletion Trees Oil Air Water 6 / 20 Which of the following is common in forming coal, oil, and natural gas? organism remains are exposed to high pressure and temperature organisms are exposed to low pressure and temperature they are formed in oceans they have formed hundreds of years ago 7 / 20 .................. removing valuable resources from Earth groundwater permeability porosity mining 8 / 20 What happens if we overpump groundwater? salt water will mix with freshwater the well will collapse the amount of freshwater will increase freshwater will be healthier 9 / 20 What are fossil fuels formed from? pores and spaces groundwater air and water prehistoric organisms 10 / 20 Many metallic minerals form in areas ...................... of subduction zones with heavy rainfall near the parent material inside the oceans 11 / 20 How do people extract groundwater? by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground groundwater cannot be extracted answer not shown mining water from the Earth 12 / 20 What is deforestation? Eating too much vegetables Clearing the five trees in my backyard Going to a forest and pulling weeds Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale 13 / 20 An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water. Reservoir Well Aquifer Spring 14 / 20 Due to........................., salt water forms a cone and moves up and contaminates the freshwater. aquifers rainfall overpumping precipitation 15 / 20 An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well. water table river aquifer watershed 16 / 20 Why are minerals and fossil fuels classified as nonrenewable resources? because they are natural resources because they are used faster than they can form because they are valuable and expensive because they reform naturally in a short time 17 / 20 Which factor affects the ability of a rock to store water? presence of pores mass of rock color of rock presence of water 18 / 20 Which of the following is a risk of overpumping? wells aquifers upconing precipitation 19 / 20 Which of the following is an effect of mining? Mining destroys habitats for many animals and plants. Mining adds new plant species to the area. Mining adds good minerals to the water resources. Mining nourishes the soil and fixes it in the land. 20 / 20 Groundwater ................. the process where groundwater is removed from an underground water source faster than it can be replaced porosity subduction zone permeability overdraft Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page