Environmental Science

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Generally, which of the following energy resources are better for the environment?

• renewable
• nonrenewable

Which of the following determines whether a resource is a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

• The cost for obtaining and using the resource.
• The effect of the resource on the environment
• whether the resource is used to generate energy or is made into products
• the rate at which the resource can be replaced

The purpose of _______________ is to answer questions about the natural world.

• a hypothesis
• science
• history
• a procedure

The study of the air, water, and land surrounding the organism or community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire Biosphere; It includes the study of the impact of humans on the environment

• Biology
• Ecology
• Environmental Science
• Geology