HS-ESS3-1

A natural resource is

• anything an organism uses to live

• Things that humans use in their natural state only

• Anything that can be used to make electrical power

• Steel, Refined Uranium, and other manufactured goods

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• Fish

• Coal

• Plutonium

• Gold

What determines if a resource is renewable?

• If the resource can be recycled

• If the resource can be polished to look like new

• If the resource was created in nature

• If the resource can be replenished at the same rate it is depleted.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• Trees

• Cattle

• Helium

• Solar energy

which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Methane

• Coal

• Natural gas

• Oil (petroleum)

What energy is related to the movement of charged particles?

• solar energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

What of the following does not use a turbine?

• Hydroelectric

• Solar

• Biomass

• Geothermal

Which of the following has the highest efficiency for making electricity?

• Hydroelectric

• Biomass

• Wind

• Tidal

Which of the following can only be used during the day?

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Solar

Which of the following can supply power the most consistently?

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Tidal

• Wind