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Test Description: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resouces

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1) Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?

Afalling water Bcoal Cnatural gas Doil

2) Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?

ACoal BPetroleum CWood DNatural Gas

3) Which of the following of these energy sources originates from a nonrenewable resource?

Asolar Bgeothermal Chydroelectric Dfossil fuel

4) A major problem with depending on fossil fuels as primary energy sources is that they are

Anonpolluting Bnonrenewable Cdeep underground Doverabundant

5) Wind power is not typically used to generate all of the electricity needed for large cities because the

Afuel expenses are too great Benergy source is inconsistent Cwaste products are unsafe Denergy produced is not in a usable form

6) Which of these energy sources produces the least harmful environmental effects?

Afossils fuels Bnuclear Chydroelectric Dsolar

7) Which of the following natural resources makes the largest contribution to Virginia's economy?

APlutonium BAluminum CCoal DFeldspar

8) What is the main advantage of using dams to produce electrical energy?

Athey do not damage wildlife homes Bthey are inexpensive to build Cthey do not produce much pollution Dthey can be built near most cities

9) What is the greatest environmental cost of hydroelectric power?

Afish kills due to the turbines Bincreased flooding downstream Cdestruction of free-running rivers and their ecosystems Ddecreased species diversity in the new lake

10) One method of lessening the environmental impact of strip mining is to

Arequire that the landscape and vegetation of mined lands be restored Bonly mine during the evening hours Cmine only nontoxic materials Dfeed the animals displaced by the mine

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