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How People Obtain, Evaluate, And Communicate Information About The Uses And Conservation Of
Various Natural Resources And How They Impact The Earth.
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The _________ is everything that surrounds a living thing including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
a) bubble
b) environment
c) biosphere
d) electric power industry
This is anything that harms the environment.
a) pollution
b) sunlight
c) bacteria
d) bundestag
This is a harmful substance in the environment such as vehicle emissions and waste water from factories.
a) oxygen
b) organic matter
c) pollutant
d) humus
Materials from the earth that are used by living organisms.
a) conservation
b) soil
c) bedrock
d) natural resources
These are natural resources that can be reused or replaced.
a) fossil fuels
b) renewable resources
c) horizons
d) uranium
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) coal
c) oil
d) natural gas
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) alternate energy sources
c) minerals
d) fossil fuels
This is electrical energy produced from running water.
a) turbines
b) hydroelectricity
c) dams
d) geothermal electricity
This is energy from sunlight.
a) hydroelectricity
b) solar energy
c) nuclear power plant
d) thermometer
This is energy from moving air.
a) wind energy
b) solar energy
c) bovine gas energy
d) geysers
This is energy produced from heat deep within the earth.
a) biothermal electricity
b) solar cells
c) barometers
d) geothermal energy
This is the energy of rising and falling tides.
a) tidal energy
b) solar energy
c) biomass energy
d) hydroelectricity
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) fossil fuels
b) solar energy absorption
c) biomass fuels
d) wind turbines
This is using a natural resource over and over again.
a) isometrics
b) recycling
c) deforestation
d) physical capital
This is the protection of resources found in nature like water, soil, minerals, wildlife, and forests.
a) reduce
b) reuse
c) recycle
d) conservation
Contour farming, terracing, and wind breaks are all farming methods that conserve soil and help prevent _______.
a) erosion
b) ice wedging
c) abrasion
d) weathering
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) climate change
c) ozone layer
d) clouds
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) alkaline rain
b) radiation rain
c) oil pollution
d) acid rain
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) Chernobyl
c) radiation/ radioactive dust
d) satellites
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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