Natural resources

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• cotton

• trees

• cattle

• uranium

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide helps to

• deflect harmful radiation from space

• increase precipitation in arid areas

• form clouds in the atmosphere

• maintain warmth near Earth's surface

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Which of the following is a drawback to the use of oil shale to produce energy?

• Most of the world's oil shale occurs in politically unstable countries

• Processing, mining, and waste disposal are expensive

• Oil shale occurs only in areas with plentiful water resources for processing

• Oil shale can be mined only in arid regions

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What is the source of geothermal energy?

• sunlight heating surface waters

• the splitting of atoms to release energy

• natural underground reservoirs of steam and hot water

• very hot minerals deep underground

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The advantages of solar energy include the fact that it is

• nonrenewable

• non-polluting

• expensive

• absent at night

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The fuel for nuclear fission in nuclear reactors is

• petroleum

• carbon

• hydrogen

• uranium

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What type of resources can be renewed in months or years?

• expendable

• recyclable

• nonrenewable

• renewable

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Which of these is a renewable resource?

• trees

• methane

• coal

• gasoline

What type of resources take millions of years to form?

• recyclable

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• unusable

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What is a benefit of using coal for energy?

• It is nonpolluting

• It can be shipped in a liquid form

• It is plentiful in the US

• It can be mined without damaging the land