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Which is an inexhaustible resource?
a) air
b) land
c) water
d) wind

Greenhouse gases contribute to which environmental problem?
a) acid rain
b) global warming
c) ozone depletion
d) photochemical smog

Biodiesel can be made from which resource?
a) ethanol
b) gasoline
c) hydrogen gas
d) vegetable oil

Which technology produces electricity using sunlight?
a) fuel cells
b) solar cookers
c) solar power plants
d) solar water heaters

What kind of pollution results when sunlight reacts with sulfur dioxide produced by burning of fossil fuels?
a) acid rain
b) global warming
c) ozone depletion
d) photochemical smog

Which is a sustainable action?
a) carpooling to a game
b) riding in a car to school
c) running water when brushing teeth
d) throwing out a slightly used shirt

Uranium is classified as what?
a) a fossil fuel
b) a greenhouse gass
c) a mineral resource
d) a renewable resource

Which is a renewable resource?
a) coal
b) sunlight
c) water
d) wind

Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?
a) Coal is used faster than it forms.
b) Coal cannot be recycled like glass or plastic.
c) Humans do not know how to make coal.
d) Coal is formed in the past and no longer forms today.

Which is an effect of photochemical smog?
a) global warming
b) lung damage
c) skin cancer
d) acid precipitation

Which government agency monitors the health of the environment and works to reduce human impacts?
a) CFC
b) CFL
c) EPA
d) HEV

Which is not a fossil fuel?
a) coal
b) copper
c) natural gas
d) oil

Which action recycles yard waste and kitchen waste?
a) composting
b) planting trees
c) using drip irrigation
d) using compact fluorescent lightbulbs

Which is a renewable resource that can become nonrenewable if it is used up too quickly?
a) oil
b) forests
c) coal
d) natural gas

Which produces water as its primary waste product?
a) biodiesel
b) FCV
c) gasohol
d) HEV

Which is NOT a source of pollution?
a) burning coal
b) mining minerals
c) photosynthesis
d) volcanic eruptions

Which is not a renewable resource?
a) freshwater
b) natural gas
c) sunlight
d) wood

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