ELD March 27

​ELD March 27

​Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Water Vapor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

Multiple Choice

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm

• cold

Multiple Choice

The greenhouse effect is a natural process

• true

• false

​Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources:

Multiple Choice

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Multiple Choice

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Multiple Choice

What is geothermal energy?

• A power plant.

• Heat energy generated from hot water within the Earth's crust.

• Nuclear Energy

• A nonrenewable resource

Multiple Choice

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Multiple Choice

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Multiple Choice

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Multiple Choice

Oil and Natural gas are both known as types of what? 

• Coal
• Geothermal Energy 
• Renewable Resources
• Petroleum 

Multiple Choice

What is the best pro about renewable resources? 

• The are inexpensive 
• They are always available
• They are expensive
• They create pollution  

Multiple Choice

Which fossil fuel is created from the decayed remains of plants? 

• Oil
• Coal
• Natural Gas

Multiple Choice

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

• 25%
• 45%
• 61%
• 86%

Multiple Choice

What form of alternative energy uses a dam?

• hydroelectric power
• geothermal power
• biomass power
• solar power

Multiple Choice

What is biomass?

• Human made objects

• Plants and other living things that can be used for fuel

• Oil, gasoline, and coal

• large amounts of water

Multiple Choice

Where does biomass fuel come from?

• Underground mines

• wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugar cane

• wind power

• petroleum

Multiple Choice

The most common way to release biomass is?

• Bacterial Decay
• Fermentation
• Conversion
• Burning

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy source is biomass energy?

• Non-renewable energy

• Renewable energy

• Inexhaustible energy

Multiple Choice

Biomass is commonly used in poor and rural communities for...

• Making electricity

• Cooking and heating

• Liquid fuel

• Food

Multiple Choice

2. What problem did The Green Revolution attempt to solve?

• They didn’t solve anything.

• The problem the green revolution attempted to solve was biotechnology.

• The problem the green revolution attempted to solve was hunger.

• The problem the green revolution attempted to solve was world peace.

Multiple Choice

Crops are _____ to be pest resistant, drought resistant, or grow quicker.

• genetically modified

• genetically re-arranged

• planted

• magically changed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following will most likely occur from the modification of natural ecosystems as the human population grows?

 

• increased biodiversity

• increased sustainability

• decrease in carbon dioxide emissions

• decrease in biodiversity

Multiple Select

3. Was The Green Revolution successful? (THERES TWO ANSWERS, PICK TWO)

• No, because the chemicals harmed the environment.

• Yes, the green revolution was successful, BUT some disagreed due to the impact on the environment.

• Yes, the green revolution was successful, feeding millions by helping the poorest countries.

• No, because the problem wasn't solved.

Multiple Choice

______ is caused by deforestation, overgrazing, and overworking the soil

• depletion of aquifers

• monoculture

• desertification

• deforestation

Multiple Choice

6. What biotechnology techniques were used during The Green Revolution?

• Chemical fertilizers.

• Chemical fertilizers, pesticides AND plant genetics.

• pesticides.

• plant genetics.

Multiple Choice

In Green Revolution the traditional farming techniques were replaced by ______________________ and the farming became more scientific.

• Seeds

• Machinery

• Carts

• Old methods

Draw

According to this text, what are the benefits and costs of the Green Revolution? Highlight the BENEFITS in GREEN and the COSTS in RED.

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Green Revolution was to

• give everyone clean water

• grow only organic food

• encourage people to recycle

• create new technology to solve food shortages