Natural Resources

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Coal

• Water

• Natural gas

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• Coal

• Wood

• Water

• Sunlight

Where do fossil fuels come from?

• The gas station

• They are the remains of plants and animals that have been compressed and heated over a long period of time

• From a hydroelectric power station

• It is form by plate boundaries compressing rock over time

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Which of the following is an advantage of using hydroelectric power?

• It doesn't harm the environment.

• It doesn't pollute.

• It is nonrenewable.

• It only works during the daytime.

Which energy source relies on the energy of atoms breaking up and releasing radioactive energy?

• Solar

• Wind

• Petroleum (oil)

• Uranium (nuclear)

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What are natural resources?

• Materials or substances that are artificially created

• Man-made materials that are used by humans

• Materials or substances that occur naturally in the environment and are used by humans

• Materials or substances that are harmful to the environment

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What is an advantage of renewable resource?

• They are cost effective

• They are able to be used in all locations

• They are replenished within a lifetime

• They can be used up if they are not conserved

What is coal?

• power generated by harnessing the energy from the

  movement of wind

• energy that comes from extreme heat within Earth

• energy produced by atomic reactions through nuclear fission

• a solid energy resource produced from plant remains

What is Natural Gas?

• energy produced from the movement of flowing water

• power produced by harnessing the energy from the Sun’s rays

• formed from the remains of small marine plants and animals

  buried under heat and pressure

• a flammable fossil fuel composed primarily of methane, but it also includes other hydrocarbons.

What is hydropower?

• energy that comes from extreme heat within Earth

• energy produced from the movement of flowing water

• formed from the remains of small marine plants and animals

  buried under heat and pressure

• energy from recently living organisms such as leaves or plants -

  can be burned to release energy

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