Conserving Resources

Natural resources that are continually recycled or replaced by nature

• nonrenewable resources
• renewable resources
• fossil fuels
• radon

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waste materials that are harmful to human health

• erosion
• coal
• resources
• hazardous waste

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Which of the following is not renewable?

• sunlight
• water
• coal
• monkeys

What is needed to produce hydroelectric power?

• fossil fuels
• su
• falling water
• uranium

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The burning of fossil fuels has raised the percentage of what in the atmosphere?

• carbon dioxide
• ozone
• CFCs
• radon

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• oil deposits
• trees
• uranium deposits
• fossil fuels

Which of the following is a way to reduce smog?

• using buses
• taking trains
• driving electric cars
• driving cars that burn gasoling

Devices used by satellites and calculators to turn sunlight into electricity are called

• cellular sun
• photovoltaic cells
• CFCs
• sun transformers

What kind of pollution is formed when air pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels react with water in the atmosphere?

• carbon dioxide
• acid precipitation
• water waste
• sad pollution

What is the trapping of heat by atmospheric gases called?

• erosion
• acid precipitation
• smog
• greenhouse effect

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