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