Natural Resources

What is the cutting of large areas of forests for human activity called?

• Deforestation

• Reforesting

• Erosion

• Biomass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What kind of energy is produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol?

• Fossil Fuels

• Biomass

• Solar energy

• Thermal enargy

Soil that is washed away from weather, wind, water, and crops being harvested by farmers is called

• Erosion

• Biomass

• Deforestation

• Coal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The energy used by electronics and appliances that are turned off but left plugged in is called

• Biomass energy

• Solar energy

• Vampire energy

• Nuclear energy

This is a fossil fuel that is a nonrenewable resource.

• Coal

• Wood

• Paper

• Cotton

Fossil fuels are a form of chemical energy.

• True

• False

What is a source of renewable energy that comes from the sun?

• Nuclear energy

• Coal

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

What kind of resources are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes called?

• Nonrenewable energy

• Renewable energy

• Nuclear energy

• Solar energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Nuclear energy is

• energy produced by the sun

• energy produced by wind mills

• energy released from atomic reactors

• energy from deep within the Earth

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The following is a fossil fuel that is a nonrenewable energy resource

• Wind

• Water

• Lumber

• Oil