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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is one benefit of using renewable resources to produce energy?
Renewable resources cannot be used up permanently.
Renewable resources are available everywhere.
Producing energy from renewable resources is easy.
Producing energy from renewable resources relies on weather.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which example describes the use of a nonrenewable energy resource?
Gasoline is used to fuel a car.
Sunlight is used to heat a home.
Water is released through a dam.
Wind turbines spin to generate electricity.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The United States has the third highest population of all the countries in the world, yet it has the highest energy consumption. Which energy source is the United States in danger of depleting first?
- 4. Multiple Choice
The table shows the percentages of coal usage in the years 1990 and 1997.
Which conservation method would result in the change indicated by the data?
recovering
recycling
reducing
reusing
- 5. Multiple Choice
The amount of coal burned to produce electricity by a typical coal plant in the United States during a three year period has increased by 30%.
What immediate impact will this increase in the consumption of coal have on the environment?
a decrease in freshwater resources
an increase in non-biodegradable wastes
an increase in greenhouse gas emissions
a decrease atmospheric O2
- 6. Multiple Choice
A student made a table that shows four natural resources and how their uses by humans could possibly impact the environment.
Which two natural resources are matched correctly with their environmental impacts in the table?
timber and freshwater
coal and timber
coal and solar energy
freshwater and solar energy
- 7. Multiple Choice
In a city, home-heating from coal and local timber increased by 30% in a single year.
As a result, which direct impact to the local environment will most likely happen?
Soil erosion in the area will decrease.
Forests in the area will grow much faster.
Carbon dioxide concentrations in the air will increase.
Lakes, rivers, and streams will become less polluted.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which conservation example demonstrates resource recycling?
using solar heaters to keep houses warm
using a plastic grocery bag more than once
transforming used glass or plastic bottles into new products
riding a bike to school or work instead of driving a car
- 9. Multiple Choice
The table shows some resource conservation examples as suggested by four different students (Shawna, Mike, Roy, and, Katy).
Which student's example can be described as reusing a resource?
Katy
Mike
Roy
Shawna
- 10. Multiple Choice
Global warming is caused by the presence of excess amounts of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and SO2 in the air. The activities listed have a positive impact on the environment.
Which activities will help to control global warming?
3 and 4
2 and 3
2, 3, and 4
1, 2, and 4
- 11. Multiple Choice
Energy can be produced in many different ways. Which method adds more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and increases global warming?
- 12. Multiple Choice
Nuclear fuels are highly efficient sources of energy.
What is an environmental impact of the use of nuclear fuels?
Nuclear fuel is easily exhausted.
Nuclear waste disposal is hazardous.
They decrease the pollution of fresh water resources.
They increase the emission of greenhouse gases.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Use the pie graph to answer the question.
What percentage of energy is produced from energy sources that are nonrenewable?
21.3%
44.7%
69.1%
89.4%
- 14. Multiple Choice
In a local town, more than 50% of home owners installed solar heaters to keep their homes warm instead of using electricity from coal that comes from a different state.
How will this decision impact the local environment?
There will be a decrease in local deforestation.
There will be an increase in acid rain as result of the increased coal conservation.
There will be an increase in local smog from the coal fired power plants.
There will be a decrease in local greenhouse gas emissions.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Hydropower generates over 60% of the world's renewable energy. What could be an environmental impact of this method of power generation?
It emits greenhouse gases.
It produces air pollutants.
It contaminates groundwater resources.
It results in the destruction of plant and animal habitats.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The photograph shows a solar energy farm near Seville, Spain.
The mirrors reflect incoming sunlight toward the solar tower in the center, where the energy from the sun is turned into electricity. Why are mirrors used to reflect the sunlight?
to diffuse the incoming solar radiation
to concentrate the energy from solar rays
to drive the process of nuclear fission
to create heat for burning coal
- 17. Multiple Choice
A substance is composed of organic material such as dead plants. To which category does the substance belong?
magma
mineral
ore
soil
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the relationship between particle size and permeability?
As particle size increases, the permeability decreases.
As particle size increases, the permeability increases.
As permeability decreases, the particle size decreases.
As permeability increases, the particle size remains constant.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Gardeners will sometimes add lime to soils that are too acidic. Lime acts as a fertilizer and raises the pH of the soil to an appropriate level.
What soil pH most likely requires the application of lime?
4
7
9
11
- 20. Multiple Choice
The pie chart shows the distribution of the world’s available water.
Based on the pie chart, which is the largest reservoir of freshwater?
glaciers
freshwater lakes
soil water
underground water
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