Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz: Natural Resources

Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz: Natural Resources

By Michael Massimo

Multiple Choice

resource that is used faster than it can be replaced by natural processes

• nonrenewable resource

• nuclear energy

• renewable resource

• fossil fuels

nonrenwable Resource

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Multiple Choice

is energy released from atomic reactions

• solar energy

• renewable resource

• nuclear energy

• biomass energy

Nuclear Energy​

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Multiple Choice

process in which mined land must be recovered with soil and replanted with vegetation

• regulation

• reclamation

• acid precipitation

• wind farm

​Reclemation

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Multiple Choice

rule dealing with procedures, such as safety

• photochemical smog

• deforestation

• preserve

• regulation

Multiple Choice

a resource that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

• nonrenewable resource

• solar energy

• renewable resource

• fossil fuels

Renewable Resource​

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Multiple Choice

cutting of large areas of forests for human activities

• deforestation

• preserve

• regulation

• ore

​Deforestation

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Multiple Choice

deposit of a mineral that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• fossil fuel

• runoff

• ore

• regulation

​Ore

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Multiple Choice

to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction

• regulation

• reclamation

• geothermal energy

• preserve

Multiple Choice

rainwater that does not soak into the ground and flows over the Earth's surface

• runoff

• ore

• evaporation

• photochemical smog

Runoff

Multiple Choice

energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol

• geothermal energy

• hydroelectric energy

• solar energy

• biomass energy

​Biomass Energy

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Multiple Choice

thermal energy from Earth's interior

• geothermal energy

• tidal energy

• hydroelectric energy

• solar energy

​Geothermal Energy

Multiple Choice

electricity produced by flowing water

• wind farm

• hydroelectric energy

• biomass energy

• geothermal energy

Hydroelectric Power

Multiple Choice

is energy from the sun

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• wind farm

• biomass energy

Solar Energy

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Multiple Choice

group of wind turbines that produce electricity

• biomass power

• wind farms

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

Wind Farms​

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Multiple Choice

is precipitation that has a pH less than 5.6

• photochemical smog

• fossil fuels

• rain

• acid precipitation

Acid Precipitation

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Multiple Choice

brownish haze produced when nitrogen compounds and other pollutants in the air react in the presence of sunlight

• acid precipitation

• ore

• photochemical smog

• runoff

Photochemical Smog