05.23.24 EAS Cycle 5 Review

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Multiple Choice

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Multiple Choice

Nonrenewable resources can be replenished (filled up again) after a short time, like days, months, years, or decades.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What type of energy is able to be regenerated in a short amount of time or are continuous?

• Renewable Energy

• Nonrenewable Energy

• All Energy

• Generational Energy

Multiple Select

Which of the following are renewable energy sources? (Select all that apply.)

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Biomass

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement about fossil fuels?

• Burning them creates air pollution

• There is an infinite supply of them within the earth's crust

• They are very difficult to refine into usable fuel

• They are not carbon-based

Multiple Choice

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• are extremely cheap

• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 

Multiple Choice

Balances the cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it.

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Law of Supply and Demand

• Risk Assessment

• Tragedy of the Commons

Multiple Choice

What is one disadvantage of renewable energy?

• Electricity and power could become much cheaper.

• Third world countries could have affordable energy.

• Many people could become energy independent.

• Most sources are expensive to get started.

Multiple Choice

What is one disadvantage of coal?

• Coal produces air pollution.

• There isn't a lot of coal left which makes it expensive.

• The world isn't using a lot of coal which makes it an undesirable job.

• You can only use it to roast hot dogs and cook hamburgers.

Multiple Choice

What is one disadvantage of using hydropower?

• Hydropower is a renewable energy resource. There are no disadvantages.

• The power is used as electricity to power large buildings instead of homes.

• Building dams can damage natural wildlife and water systems like lakes and rivers.

• Most of the time there isn't enough water power to create electricity.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an advantage of fossil fuels?

• You can extract them without complicated machinery.

• They are relatively inexpensive to produce.

• Burning them does not have any negative side effects.

• There is an unlimited supply of them.

Multiple Select

How does the continued use of fossil fuels effect the environment?

• increased Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere

• acid rain production

• respiratory illness

• contaminated ground water

Multiple Choice

Earth needs Greenhouse Gas (GHG).

Then why do people say GHG is the problem?

• There are too much of them in the air right now.

• There is not enough of them in the air right now.

• They are too expensive to produce.