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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
biosphere
C
environment
D
bubble
2) This is anything that harms the environment.
A
bacteria
B
sunlight
C
bundestag
D
pollution
3) This is a harmful substance in the environment such as vehicle emissions and waste water from factories.
A
organic matter
B
humus
C
oxygen
D
pollutant
4) Materials from the earth that are used by living organisms.
A
conservation
B
natural resources
C
soil
D
bedrock
5) These are natural resources that can be reused or replaced.
A
fossil fuels
B
renewable resources
C
uranium
D
horizons
6) These are natural resources that are not easily replaced by nature or by humans and can take millions of years to form.
A
nonrenewable resources
B
oil
C
natural gas
D
coal
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
minerals
B
conservation
C
fossil fuels
D
alternate energy sources
8) This is electrical energy produced from running water.
A
turbines
B
dams
C
hydroelectricity
D
geothermal electricity
9) This is energy from sunlight.
A
hydroelectricity
B
solar energy
C
thermometer
D
nuclear power plant
10) This is energy from moving air.
A
wind energy
B
solar energy
C
geysers
D
bovine gas energy
11) This is energy produced from heat deep within the earth.
A
geothermal energy
B
biothermal electricity
C
barometers
D
solar cells
12) This is the energy of rising and falling tides.
A
hydroelectricity
B
tidal energy
C
solar energy
D
biomass energy
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
biomass fuels
C
fossil fuels
D
solar energy absorption
14) This is using a natural resource over and over again.
A
deforestation
B
isometrics
C
physical capital
D
recycling
15) This is the protection of resources found in nature like water, soil, minerals, wildlife, and forests.
A
conservation
B
reduce
C
recycle
D
reuse
16) Contour farming, terracing, and wind breaks are all farming methods that conserve soil and help prevent _______.
A
erosion
B
weathering
C
abrasion
D
ice wedging
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
Chernobyl
B
ozone layer
C
climate change
D
clouds
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
acid rain
C
alkaline rain
D
oil pollution
19) Huge amounts of this cancer-causing dust was released into the atmosphere when a nuclear reactor in Ukraine exploded.
A
cancer and the flu
B
satellites
C
Chernobyl
D
radiation/ radioactive dust
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
acid rain
C
ozone
D
deforestation
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