Environmental Science Review

Freshwater can become polluted and unsafe for drinking or cooking. The word that most closely defines polluted is .

• contaminated

• salt water

• purified

• contained

are living and nonliving things found on Earth that people need.

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Natural Resources

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Which resource is renewable?

• coal

• diamonds

• silver

• wind

Natural resources that cannot be reused or replaced in a person's lifetime are resources.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Inexhaustible

• Unnatural

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Which of the following are NONRENEWABLE sources of energy?

• wind, water, sunlight

• water, wood, wind

• sunlight and water

• oil and natural gas

What type of energy resource is solar power?

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Which of Earth's four spheres is involved when a volcano erupts? Select two answers.

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

Which of the below are examples of fossil fuels?

• Soil, rocks, and sand

• Coal, oil, and natural gas

• Plants, trees, and animals

What is power from the Sun called?

• hot power

• cold power

• solar power

• lunar power

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Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

• Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen.

• Extinctions are common.

• Species extinctions have been rare throughout history.

• Both (a) and (b)

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