Unit 2 - Natural Resources BEMS Question Preview (ID: 62147)


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Water stored below ground
a) Aquifer
b) Atmosphere
c) Environment
d) Igneous Rock

The layer of the Earth containing all the air
a) Aquifer
b) Atmosphere
c) Environment
d) Igneous Rock

all the factors (such as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community.
a) Aquifer
b) Atmosphere
c) Environment
d) Igneous Rock

Rock formed by minerals that were once molten, and now are cooled and crystalized
a) Friction
b) Metamorphic Rock
c) Sedimentary Rock
d) Igneous Rock

Rock Form when minerals are heated and deformed, but not molten
a) Hard Rock
b) Metamorphic Rock
c) Sedimentary Rock
d) Igneous Rock

Rock formed when other rock is broken into small pieces and then reformed
a) Alternative Rock
b) Metamorphic Rock
c) Sedimentary Rock
d) Igneous Rock

The building block of all rock. They are formed from the interaction of cooling magma and groundwater. They are typically solid, inorganic, and have a crystalline structure. They may be a single chemical element, or a compound of elements.
a) Mineral
b) Vegitable
c) Animal
d) Plant

Usable substances that come from the earth that can NOT be replaced quickly, if ever.
a) Renewable
b) Non-Renewable
c) Rock
d) Environments

Usable substances that come from the earth that can be replaced quickly, within a human lifetime.
a) Renewable
b) Non-Renewable
c) Rock
d) Environments

Per-Capita Consumption
a) The total amount of the resource used
b) 5% of the resource used
c) The amount used in 1 day
d) The amount of the resource used, per person

Renewable Energy produced by turn the movement of air (KE) into electricity
a) Wind Power
b) Hydropower
c) Groundwater
d) Solar Energy

Renewable Energy produced by turn the movement of water stored uphill (GPE) into electricity
a) Wind Power
b) Hydropower
c) Groundwater
d) Solar Energy

Liquid water that has seeped into gaps in rock. Can dissolve and move minerals
a) Wind Power
b) Hydropower
c) Groundwater
d) Solar Energy

Light energy from the sun that is captured and use to do work.
a) Wind Power
b) Hydropower
c) Groundwater
d) Solar Energy

Carbon from ancient plants that died, were buried with rotting, compressed for many thousands of years, and now form layers of solid fuel.
a) Coal
b) Natural Gas
c) Oil
d) Radioactive Minerals

Ancient water organisms that were in shallow seas, and died, were buried, pressed for thousands of years, and now for useful liquid fuel and other substances.
a) Coal
b) Natural Gas
c) Oil
d) Radioactive Minerals

Flammable volitiles that are pushed out of coal or oil while they form. These are still useful, if they form underground pockets that we can find.
a) Coal
b) Natural Gas
c) Oil
d) Radioactive Minerals

Minerals that are unstable and generate heat when they fall apart. Tend to be the heaviest atoms.
a) Coal
b) Oil
c) Natural Gas
d) Radioactive Minerals

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