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6th Grade
Unit 3: HEI Vocabulary for Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call any material in nature that people use and value? | natural resource |
| These are natural resources that can be replaced naturally like water. | renewable resources |
| These are resources that cannot be replaced once they are used like coal. | nonrenewable resources |
| What do you call the lost of forestland or clear cutting of trees? | deforestation |
| What do you call the planting of trees to replace lost forestland? | reforestation |
| These are nonrenewable resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals. | fossil fuels |
| What do you call the production of electricity by moving or rushing water? | hydroelectric power |
| What do you call the dark liquid fossil fuel used to make fuels and other products? | petroleum |
| What are solid substances in Earth's crust that are often mined for and are nonrenewable but often recyclable? | minerals |
| What do you call the loss of fertile land and plant life or the spreading of desert land into non-desert areas? | desertification |
| What do you call the protection and preservation of things found in nature? | conservation |
| What do you call any place where plants and animals depend on each other and their environment for survival? | ecosystem |
| When an animal or plant species dies out completely. | extinction |
| What do you call earth friendly products that are non-toxic to humans and the environment? | green products |
| What do you call power obtained by storing the energy of the sun's rays? | solar power |
| What is the the introduction of harmful materials into the air, water and land called? | pollution |
| What do you call the reduction in the amount of natural resources available? | depletion |
| What do you call it when an organism like a plant or animal is introduced or gets into a new environment and negatively impacts it? | invasive species |
| The theme of geography that studies the way the world appears because of how humans have interacted with the environment. | human environment interaction |
| What is the unusually rapid increase in Earth's average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossil fuels? | global warming |
| The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem | biodiversity |
| When people alter the environment | modification |
| Ways people and nature are connected to each other through the environment and human activities. | interconnection |
| The plants in a region | vegetation |
| One of the most used fossil fuels on earth | oil |
| The cleanest burning fossil fuel on earth | natural gas |
| A species that is seriously at risk of extinction | endangered |
| Bringing a supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by meanings of digging channels or using sprinklers | irrigation |
| The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance | sustainability |
| The practice of farming | agriculture |
| A fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants | smog |
| The action or process of converting waste into a reusable material | recycling |
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