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- 1. Multiple Choice
Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.energypollutionfoodnatural resource - 2. Multiple Choice
Which are ways we use fossil fuels?
eating and drinking
arts and crafts
paper and building
cars and heat
- 3. Multiple Choice
Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.
renewable resources
replaceable resources
non renewable resources
non replaceable resources
- 4. Multiple Choice
Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.
the earth
coal
oil
natural gas
- 5. Multiple Choice
Renewable resources ...
are not replaceable
are used more frequently than non renewables
are never going to run out
going to run out
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?
nuclear power plant
hydroelectric power plant
solar station
tidal harness
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are fossil fuels?
coal, oil, uranium
oil, natural gas, uranium
coal, oil, natural gas
geothemals, coal, natural gas
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of power plant uses scraps from farming and waste products to generate electricity?
Hydroelectric Power Plant
Geothermal Power Plant
Biomass Power Plant
Nuclear Power Plant
- 9. Multiple Choice
Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of energy in a _____ power plant.
biomass
geothermal
nuclear
hydroelectric
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following energy sources has the drawback of generating radioactive waste.
fossil fuels
nuclear
geothermal
hydroelectric
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following uses tides or waves to generate electricity?
hydroelectric
geothermal
tidal harness
wind
- 12. Multiple Choice
Hydroelectric dams and their technology are expensive to build. Is this a pro or con?
Pro
Con
- 13. Multiple Choice
Fossil Fuels are inexpensive to obtain and use. Is this a pro or con?
Pro
Con
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun?GeothermalSolarWindHydrogen
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why do we tend to use non-renewable resources instead of renewable resources?
Less Expensive
More Energy
All of these
- 16. Multiple ChoiceEnergy we get from earth's interior heatGeothermalSolar EnergyWind EnergyHydroelectricity
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is a disadvantage of using non-renewable resources?
They have a large carbon footprint.
They can all be used up over time.
They can lead to global warming.
All of these.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which place would be the best place to use solar power
Colorado
Washington State
Alaska
South Pole
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following has the greatest efficiency out of all of the natural resources?
hydroelectric
fossil fuels
solar
geothermal
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following can be a disadvantage of renewable resources?
They can be intermittent (only available at certain times or in certain places).
They release a lot of CO2 and have a large carbon footprint.
They are renewable and will always be available.
Renewable resources have no disadvantages.
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