AP Environmental Science Natural Resource Distribution

This resource is formed by tiny animals that died in the ocean millions of years ago. Layers of mud pressed down on the dead animals. The mud eventually turned to rock. This rock put a lot of pressure on the dead animals. Rocks around them also heated them up

• Oil
• Coal
• Iron
• Renewable resource

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This resource comes from plants that died millions of years ago. Thick layers of rock and soil covered the dead plants. The pressure of the rocks and soil turned the plants into a solid

• Oil
• Copper
• Iron
• Coal

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Sunlight

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

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Rocks and minerals

• Renewable resources
• Nonrenewable resources

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Wind

• Renewable resource
• Nonrenewable resource

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Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy