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- 1. Multiple Choice
People try to conserve some resources, like fossil fuels, because they are not replaceable. Why can't these resources be replaced?
They must be transported long distances.
Processes that make them take a long time.
No one can afford to buy more of them.
It is impossible to extract more from the earth.
- 2. Multiple Choice
People move into and begin living in an area that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the effect on the amount of water.
Water will be more evenly distributed in the area.
Most of the fresh water in the area will be converted to salt water.
The amount of fresh water suitable for drinking will increase.
There will be less water available for other living things.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The table provided shows areas where sedimentary rock layers are exposed, as well as the environmental factors that produced the rock layers. Coal forms in locations where vegetation gets buried quickly and then altered by heat and pressure over millions of years. Which location is most likely to have coal?
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
- 4. Multiple Choice
In all of the following examples, the quantity of the resource being used by humans is affected EXCEPT –
petroleum taken from the ground and burned for fuel.
fresh water used for agriculture, recreation, and tourism.
wind power used to provide energy for homes and businesses.
metal ores mined and used to created building materials.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Metal ores are often formed in locations that had volcanic activity in the past. What information about an area would provide the best evidence that metal ores could be found there in the present?
Evidence that volcanoes in the area are currently active.
Evidence that humans in the area use lots of metal ores.
Evidence that metal ores had been brought to the area by ancient humans.
Evidence that the area had active volcanoes long ago.
- 6. Multiple Choice
A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime.
renewable
nonrenewable
solar
natural resources
- 7. Multiple Choice
To save and use a resource carefully.
conservation
fossil fuels
solar power
geoscience process
- 8. Multiple Choice
A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime.
nonrenewable
renewable
conservation
limited
- 9. Multiple Choice
Something used on Earth.
resources
wind power
geologic process
biosphere
- 10. Multiple Choice
The processes that force the makeup and the shape of a planet.
geologic process
natural resources
biosphere
volcanos
- 11. Multiple Choice
Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are ______________ that are vital to human life.
renewable resources
geoscience process
nonrenewable resources
natural resources
- 12. Multiple Choice
Many natural resources are not distributed equally around the world. The locations where certain natural resources are found are the result of ____________ such as continental movement.
geoscience process
renewable resources
biosphere
conversation
- 13. Multiple Choice
Formed in geologic basins that have been covered for millions of years
oil
coal
gold
ground water
- 14. Multiple Choice
Formed in ancient swamps that have been buried
coal
oil
natural gas
salt
- 15. Multiple Choice
Stored in aquifers that have rocks that were formed in the oceans
ground water
salt water
gold
oil
- 16. Multiple Choice
A fuel other than gasoline for powering motor vehicles such as natural gas, methanol, or electricity
Alternative fuels
Phillips 66 gas
Synthetic fuels
Fossil fuels
- 17. Multiple Choice
A natural nonrenewable fuel formed over a very long time in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
Fossil fuels
Synthetic fuels
Minerals
Decomposers
- 18. Multiple Choice
A naturally occurring element or compound that has been produced by geological processes
Mineral
Plastic
Synthetic
Cardboard
- 19. Multiple Choice
Resources that exist in the environment without human intervention
Natural Resource
Water Cycle
Electricity
Steam
- 20. Multiple Choice
Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime
Nonrenewable Resource
Renewable Resource
Synthetic Materials
woody plants
- 21. Multiple Choice
Who is this guy?
Mr. Robke in college
Ozzy Osbourne
Donald Trump
- 22. Multiple Choice
Who plays here?
Kansas Jayhawks
Minnesota Twins
Park Hill South
Denver Nuggets
- 23. Multiple Choice
Name one song this group sings.
Fuel
Happy Birthday
I wish you a Merry Christmas
Master of Puppets
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