Sentence 2 of paragraph 2 uses the word "replace". What does the word replace mean?
to put something back
to never make again
According to paragraph two, renewable resource can be replaced in a long perod of time
True
False
Nonrenewable resource can be replaced easily after they are used
True
False
Which are examples of nonrenewable resources?
Trees. The atmosphere. Ocean water.
Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas
Arkansa's Crater of Diamonds State Park is a public park where people can get diamonds. How do the diamonds get to the surface or top of the crater?
Air is pressured and used like a vacume to suck up the diamonds.
The soil is plowed often or regularly bringing the diamonds to the top
Water is pumped down into the crater to make the diamonds rise to the surface.
Geologists beleive that diamonds orginally reached the earths surface by..
Cavemen mined the diamonds and brought them to the top!
D
Water flooded the crater and caused the diamonds to float to the surface
Volcanoes erupted bringing the diamonds to the top
The highplains aquifer has one of the largest supplies of _________
groundwater
diamonds
coal
natural gas
petroleum
In what states is the High Plains aquifer found?
Kansas
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Colorado
California
Texas
New Mexico
How was the Rocky Mountains and the High Plains aquifer formed
A massive flood occured. The flood came near winter time so all of the water rapidly froze. This created a glacier that slowly moved over the Rocky's and when the glacier finally melted. An quaifer was created.
A meteor came down and crashed landed in Arkansa's causing an earthquake that ruptured the high plains. This formed a huge well
Tectonic Plates crashed into each other creatign the Rocky mountains. Wind and water weathered the peaks of the mountains. Water and sediments or ground piled up over time to make an aquifer.
What is the main problem seen in paragraph 7?
D
People are burning fossil fuels, which take millions of years to create and fill back up.
People are pumping water out of an aquifer faster than it can be replaced or filled back up.
People are cutting trees down at a rate faster than the trees can grow back. we are losing a massive amount of of our oxygen supply through this.
How much rainfall does it take to replace what has been taken out of an aquifer?
1000 years of rainfall
20 years of rainfall
6000 years of rainfall
12500 years of snow and rainfall
In what location has hundreds of oil wells been drilled into the ground?
The High Plains
Arizona
The Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas Crater of Diamonds
Plants convert and store energy from the sun as..
chemical energy
mechanical energy
adjustable energy
potential energy
Primary Consumers are animals that eat plants and according to paragraph 8, this energy is stored in their...
diaphram
mainframe
cells
ocean water
What is a sediment?
A firey peice of metal
broken down rock that settles at the bottom of something
What somebody "says" "ming"
Coal is burned to produce
electricity
heat for our homes and cook food
transportation
Natural gas is burned to produce
heat for our homes and help cook food on a stove
transportation
electricity
Oil is used for
electricity
heat for our homes and help cook food on a stove
transportation
If just one mistake is made in removing fossil fuels from the environment it can lead to.. <Select all that apply>
