Environmental Conservation Quiz

Adam would like to start an environmental conservation club at his school. He is making a poster to describe what conservation is. Which should he NOT include on his poster? (S6E6b)

• Conservation is the wise use of natural resources.

• Conservation helps keep the environment healthy.

• Conservation is the preservation of natural resources.

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Sometimes, a renewable resource can be considered nonrenewable because it is used up faster than it can be replenished. Which of the following choices is an example of this? (S6E6a)

• coal supply getting smaller because it takes millions of years to form

• solar energy being used to provide electricity to a home

• water in streams replaced by rainfall from the atmosphere

The chemicals released by burning petroleum in car engines contribute to what local and global effects? (S6E6c)

• acid rain and fusion

• fog and radioactivity

• sulfur dioxide decrease and ozone buildup

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Environmentalists have raised concerns about the amount of chemicals being dumped into a local water supply. Cleanup efforts would likely reduce ________. (S6E6c)

• urban sprawl

• land degradation

• global warming

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of conserving natural resources? (S6E6b)

• less of the natural resource is wasted

• reduction in pollution due to less manufacturing

• more resources extracted from Earth

What is a major reason solar energy is not used everywhere by consumers all over the United States? (S6E6a)

• It is too difficult to purchase and install solar panels.

• Solar energy is not very effective at producing electricity.

• The manufacture of solar panels produces too much pollution.

What are substances that exist naturally on Earth and are used by humans for things like making goods and producing energy? (S6E6a)

• Artificial chemicals

• Processed materials

• Synthetic compounds

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To protect resources and avoid wasteful and destructive use is to ___.

• Conserve

• Replace

• Resource

• Consume

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A natural resource that is not easily used up because it is replaced in a relatively short amount of time is ___.

John needs to fill up his car’s gas tank because it is almost empty. What type of natural resource is he using to fill up his car’s gas tank?

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Man made resource

• Replaceable resource