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Where does conventional energy come from?
micro waves
The Sun
the heat
Rain
When you eat a breakfast cereal made from grain, you are consuming solar energy in another form.
True
False
What have humans been using as an energy source for thousands of years?
fire
Sun
Wood
Metal
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
Fuel
Photosynthesis
Gardening
Field crops
When wood is scarce, humans use other materials, including field crops, as a fuel.
True
False
Energy sources that formed over geologic time as a result of the compression and partial decomposition of plants and other organic matter.
Fossil fuel
Peat
Coal
Gas
Examples of conventional energy
Cooking breakfast
Turn on lights
Driving
Run water for a showers
TSofE
Wood
Field crops
Fecal material
Peat
Humans have not been able to adapt and survive extreme temperatures due their ability to alter their environment to meet their needs.
True
False
What can lead to erosion and loss of topsoil?
Wood
Grass
Weather
Humans
What countries have limited forest resources?
India
Pakistan
Afghanistan
America
What type of formation is the result of incomplete decomposition of the remains of plants growing in waterlogged conditions?
Wood
Peat
Field crops
Fuel
Petra is Greek for rock
True
False
Oleum is Greek for gas
True
False
the heat produced deep in the Earth's core.
Geothermal energy
Nuclear energy
Sustainable energy
Solar energy
Thrust Fault- a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
True
False
Nuclear power can be obtained by which of the following?
Nuclear fission
Nuclear decay
Nuclear heat
Nuclear fusion
The simplest way to use field crops such as corn, hay, and straw, is to burn them directly.
True
False
a structural trap formed by the folding of rock strata into an arch-like shape.
Normal fault
Anticline
Coker
Reformer
Feces are solid wastes of animals. In many cases, dried feces contain undigested pieces of grass that help the material to burn.
True
False
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