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Those resources that can be replaced by the earth's natural processes.
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Renewable resources
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These are believed to have been formed slowly from the buried remains of prehistoric plants and animals
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fossil fuels
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This involves capturing the sun's light energy and converting it into heat or electricity
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solar energy
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Resources that are not replaced by natural processes or are replaced at extremely slow rates
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Nonrenewable resources
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This is a global problem that knows no political boundaries and has the potential to change the earth's climate
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Air pollution
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These rank high in the taking of human life as natural disasters go
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floods
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These countries have the world's largest coal reserves
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United States
Russia China Australia |
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The number of the world's desalinization plants found in Southwest Asia
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two thirds 2/3
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About one fourth of the world's petroleum comes from beneath this
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the coastal waters
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Acid rain is caused by the release of acids by ..................... and combined with water vapor in the atmosphere
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industrial smoke stacks
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After building...... in Egypt, floods from the Nile River were minimized
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Aswan High Dam
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An astounding .... percent of all trash goes straight to ...... where waste is buried between layers of earth
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80% of trash goes to land fills
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As the ozone hole has grown,........rates in the Southern Hemisphere have risen
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skin cancer
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In ................., a field planted one year with corn, a soil-depleting crop, may be planted the next year with alfalfa or some other soil-enriching crop.
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crop rotation
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In developed countries such as the U.S., loss of farmland is mainly the result of ..... and ......expansion across some of the best farmland.
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suburban and urban expansion
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In France, nuclear power produces about ..... of the electricity
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three fourths 3/4
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In the air, in oceans, underground, and in living things, Earth has virtually ...... energy resources.
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unlimited
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In the nations of ..... and ...... all of the original rain forests have been destroyed
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Bangladesh and Haiti
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In the Philippines, the terraced rice paddies help keep the ..... from carrying soil down the hill sides.
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water runoff
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In this century, ..... and ..... have replaced coal as the preferred energy sources
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natural gas
nuclear energy |
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More than..... people are added to the world every five days.
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one million
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More than ..... people rely on wood as their main source of fuel.
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two billion
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Most developing nations face increasing smog problems in their cities in their rush to.....
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industrialize
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Most of us throw away about ..... pounds of plastic each year.
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60
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No nation can be an industrial power without a dependable source of....
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renewable energy
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Nuclear power in the United States produces about ...... of the nation's electricity
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20 percent
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One third of the earth's remaining rain forests are located in
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Brazil
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Other nations such as ..... and .... are trying hard to preserve what is left of their original rain forests.
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Canada
Sweden Germany Finland New Zealand |
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Over where the ozone layers thinned....
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Antarctic
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Overall, ..... percent of the United States' electricity is produced by hydroelectricity
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10 percent
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Soil salinization has reached problem levels in areas of the Southwestern ....., ......, and .......
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United States
Egypt India |
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Some believe that.... of ....... ...... would contribute to a higher standard of living for its citizens.
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control of population growth
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The ...... is known in China as China's sorrow" because millions have died in floods caused by its waters.
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Huang He (Yellow River)
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The ...... are the final dumping ground for some human waste
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oceans
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The first settlers in the United States found a land of seemingly endless
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forests
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The main source of energy for cooking and heating in developing countries comes from ....
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charcoal from wood
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The main problem of water pollution in industrialized countries is water contaminated with .......
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sewage
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The ozone layer protects life beneath it by filtering out dangerous....
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ultraviolet solar radiation.
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The population of the United States makes up only.... percent of the world's population, yet we use.... percent of its resources and produce..... percent of its solid waste
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5 % of the population
25% of its resources 50% of its solid waste |
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The world's farmers know that.... is like a bank. It is impossible to continue making withdrawals without making.....
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soil... deposits
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Two cities that have become infamous for their smog are....... and ......
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Mexico City
Los Angeles |
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Water..... must be practiced on farms, in factories, in cities and in our homes if we are to survive droughts and meet the consumer demand
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conservation
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When you take positive steps to protect the environment and Earth's resources, environmentalists call this .......... .......... and ......... .........
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thinking globally and acting locally
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With rapidly growing world population, maintaining..... and ..... are serious challenges in many areas of the world.
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water quantity and quality
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