Natural Resources Advantages/Disadvantages

Which of these is NOT a disadvantage of a nuclear power plant?

• It's waste can destroy habitats and ecosystems.
• It costs a lot of money to build.
• It produces radioactive waste.
• It produces large amounts of energy.

Which of the following is NOT true about Biomass as a renewable resource?

• Biomass produces greenhouse gases.
• It is composed of plant remains and household garbage
• It increases the amount of waste in landfills and dumps
• Biomass is burned to produce heat energy and electricity

One advantage of using hydropower is that...

• It can be built in any location
• it produces no air pollution
• It has no construction costs
• it uses a nonrenewable resource

Another advantage of using hydropower is that

• it's able to produce a steady flow of energy 24 hours a day
• it's very cheap to build a dam
• no ecosystems are destroyed by damming up a river
• dams cause flooding

Why do most of the power plants in the US burn coal as an energy source?

• They haven't developed the technology to use anything else.
• Mining for coal does not harm any habitats or ecosystems.
• Coal is a non-polluting source of energy.
• Coal is a renewable energy source.

What is a fossil fuel?

• Fuel made from ground up fossils.
• Fuels from the Fossil Company.
• Fuel created from once living organisms
• Renewable sources of energy.

Which one is NOT a fossil fuel?

• Coal
• Oil
• Biomass
• Gas

Which one is NOT considered a renewable resource?

• Biomass
• Solar power
• Hydropower
• Nuclear power

Why are coal, oil, and natural gas classified as nonrenewable resources?

• They are limitless
• They exist in many places on Earth.
• They are originally from once-living things.
• They take millions of years to form.

Complete this list: wind, solar power, hydropower, biomass, ______________.

• nuclear
• geothermal
• fossil
• coal