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Natural Resources And How They Affect The Earth
Test Description: How people obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the uses and conservation of various natural resources and how they impact the Earth.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The _________ is everything that surrounds a living thing including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
A
electric power industry
B
bubble
C
environment
D
biosphere
2) This is anything that harms the environment.
A
pollution
B
sunlight
C
bacteria
D
bundestag
3) This is a harmful substance in the environment such as vehicle emissions and waste water from factories.
A
organic matter
B
oxygen
C
pollutant
D
humus
4) Materials from the earth that are used by living organisms.
A
conservation
B
bedrock
C
soil
D
natural resources
5) These are natural resources that can be reused or replaced.
A
fossil fuels
B
horizons
C
renewable resources
D
uranium
6) These are natural resources that are not easily replaced by nature or by humans and can take millions of years to form.
A
natural gas
B
oil
C
coal
D
nonrenewable resources
7) Oil, coal, and natural gas that were formed from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago are types of non renewable resources called _____.
A
conservation
B
minerals
C
alternate energy sources
D
fossil fuels
8) This is electrical energy produced from running water.
A
geothermal electricity
B
hydroelectricity
C
dams
D
turbines
9) This is energy from sunlight.
A
nuclear power plant
B
thermometer
C
hydroelectricity
D
solar energy
10) This is energy from moving air.
A
solar energy
B
wind energy
C
bovine gas energy
D
geysers
11) This is energy produced from heat deep within the earth.
A
solar cells
B
geothermal energy
C
barometers
D
biothermal electricity
12) This is the energy of rising and falling tides.
A
tidal energy
B
solar energy
C
biomass energy
D
hydroelectricity
13) This is energy made from living organisms like wood, solid animal waste, methane gas from sewage and ethanol made from plants like sugarcane and corn.
A
wind turbines
B
solar energy absorption
C
biomass fuels
D
fossil fuels
14) This is using a natural resource over and over again.
A
isometrics
B
recycling
C
deforestation
D
physical capital
15) This is the protection of resources found in nature like water, soil, minerals, wildlife, and forests.
A
reuse
B
recycle
C
reduce
D
conservation
16) Contour farming, terracing, and wind breaks are all farming methods that conserve soil and help prevent _______.
A
ice wedging
B
abrasion
C
weathering
D
erosion
17) Energy sources such as natural gas, oil, and coal release a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere which traps heat within Earth’s atmosphere causing ___________ like global warming.
A
clouds
B
Chernobyl
C
ozone layer
D
climate change
18) This type of pollution that can damage forests is caused when gases like sulfuric oxide and nitric oxide from power plants and vehicles mix with rainwater.
A
radiation rain
B
alkaline rain
C
oil pollution
D
acid rain
19) Huge amounts of this cancer-causing dust was released into the atmosphere when a nuclear reactor in Ukraine exploded.
A
satellites
B
radiation/ radioactive dust
C
Chernobyl
D
cancer and the flu
20) This is a special form of oxygen that absorbs most of the UV rays coming from the Sun and protects living organisms from eye damage and skin cancer.
A
bozone
B
ozone
C
deforestation
D
acid rain
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