Geo test

Resource

Anything that can be used to produce goods and services, such as raw materials, workers, money, and land. 

Natural Resources

 things found in the total stock that people find useful. 

Total Stock

all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non-living materials. For example - sunlight, trees, and water are all part of the total stock. 

Renewable Resources

resources that can be regenerated if used carefully. 

Non-renewable resources

resources that are limited and cannot be replaced once they are used up.

Flow Resources

resources that are replaced by natural actions and must be used when and where they occur or be lost. 

Other resources

resources that do not fit into the other three categories (renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources)

Conservation

the wise use of resources

Mining the resources

exploiting a renewable resource in an unsustainable way.

Sustained yield management

the process of managing a renewable resource to ensure that the amount harvested doesn’t cause long-term depletion of the resource. The harvest is equal to or less than the amount replenished each year. 

Old-growth forest

a forest that has never been logged.

Aquaculture

fish farming 

Continental shelf

the part of the ocean that is next to continents and is typically less than 200 meters deep.

Banks

shallow parts of the continental shelf that are good for fishing. 

Inshore fishery

commercial fishing carried out close to shore in small, independently owned boats.

Offshore fishing

Commercial fishing carried out farther from shore in larger company-owned boats.