Question

1.Soil, Timber and Food are all renewable resources. List each three ways each of these renewable resources can be conserved (saved) for the future.
Answer:
Soil:
Timber:
Food:

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2. Fossil Fuels are nonrenewable resources. Name two advantages for using each of the fossil fuels.
Answer:
Coal:
Oil:
Natural Gas:

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3. Fossil Fuels are nonrenewable resources. Name two problems with using each of the fossil fuels.
Answer:
Coal:
Oil:
Natural Gas:
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Answer 1

1.

- Soil: crop rotation, fewer concrete surfaces, plant trees to secure topsoil

2. Advantages

- coal: easy to burn, inexpensive

- Oil: easily available, used in a variety of industries

- Natural gas: Easy to store, cheap

3. Disadvantages:

- Coal: Produces large amount of CO2, fast depleting as we consume so much of it

- Oil: releases greenhouse gases, water pollution

- Natural gas: highly flammable, release greenhouse gases