Environmental Science

A natural resource is....

• a resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed

• a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed

• any natural material that is used by humans

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a renewable resource is ....

• a resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed

• a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed

• any natural material that is used by humans

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Choose ALL of the renewable resources

• sun

• coal

• wind

• fossil fuels

• Earth (geothermal)

Choose ALL of the nonrenewable energy resources

• sun

• fossil fuels

• nuclear fuel

• wind

• natural gas

A minor but very important component of the atmosphere (in terms of concentration). It is released through natural processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through human activities such as deforestation, land use changes, and burning fossil fuels. Humans have increased its atmospheric concentration by more than a third since the Industrial Revolution began. This is the most important long-lived "forcing" of climate change.

• water

• nitrous oxide

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• ozone

A hydrocarbon gas produced both through natural sources and human activities, including the decomposition of wastes in landfills, agriculture, and especially rice cultivation, as well as cattle digestion and manure management associated with domestic livestock. On a molecule-for-molecule basis, it is a far more active greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but also one which is much less abundant in the atmosphere.

• ozone

• water

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• CFCs

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slightly.   
• increased until recently, and then decreased.
• increased steadily.   
• stayed about the same.

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Which is a natural source of greenhouse gases?

• aerosols
• deforestation
• volcanic eruptions
• burning fossil fuels

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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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