Ch. 4 L. 2 & 3 - Energy Resources/Human Impact

Air, water, trees, rocks and minerals, soil, coal and oil are all examples of which type of resource?

• Renewable resources
• Nonrenewable resources
• Natural resources
• Inexhaustible resources

Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?

• leaving the TV on all day
  leaving the TV on all day
• filling the bathtub to the top
• recycling cans
• burning newspapers

When you turn off the water between washing dishes, which conservation effort are you practicing?

• reducing
• reusing
• recycling
• all of the above

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass
• wind
• solar energy
• geothermal energy

One way students can actually contribute to conservation activities is to

• study the greenhouse effect
• renew resources such as water and air
• participate in recycling projects
• take fewer baths and showers

Jaden is making an argument in front of his science class that even though biomass fuels are a renewable resource, they can have a negative effect on the land and ocean. What argument will support his claim?

• Burning biomass for fuel creates air pollution.
• a.  Biomass fuels are quickly and easily renewable.
• Biomass fuels take too long to form.
• a.  Using biomass fuels creates more garbage for landfills.

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

• a.  They can never be replaced.
• a.  They cannot be easily replaced.
• a.  They can be recycled.
• a.  They can be made in factories.
  

The diagram shows how people’s choices affect the supply of new and recycled aluminum used to make cans.
What is most likely to happen if people recycle aluminum?

• Fewer people will buy products in aluminum cans.
• More aluminum cans will end up in landfills.
• Less aluminum from mines will be used in cans.
• a.  Cans will contain less recycled aluminum.

Water is considered which type of resource?

• inexhaustible
• renewable
• nonrenewable

Any substance that damages the environment and harm many habitats on the Earth's land or in the oceans is called _________.

• landfill
• biomass
• conservation
• pollution