General Science Energy Sources and the Environment

Environmental science is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

• TRUE

• False

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The environment contains

• nonliving things only

• Artificial things

• Both living and nonliving things

• living things only

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

• nonpoint-source pollutant

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• biodegradable resource

A natural resource that that forms more slowly than the rate at which it is consumed

• biodiversity

• point-source pollutant

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

Non-Renewable resources are also known as what?

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable

• Solar Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

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What era has created the most pollution problems?

• agricultural

• industrial

• hunter gatherer

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People can reduce waste by using products that are

• nonrenewable

• fossil fuels

• biodegradable

• exotic

Which of the following are RENEWABLE energy sources?

• Wind

• Coal

• Geothermal

• Hydropower

• Petroleum (Oil)

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What is Uranium?

• Energy from the sun

• Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops

• The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam

• A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago

• A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas

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