Sustainability- Unit Test Study Guide

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

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

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

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Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

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Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Moving water
• Dung

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• milk
• coal
• biomass
• water

What is biomass? 

• energy from the sun
• energy from water
• energy from wind
• energy from plant and animal waste

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What are two advantages of geothermal energy?

• cheap and a lot pollution
• expensive and a lot of pollution
• cheap and little pollution
• expensive and little pollution

If a business is considered to be "green", how could you add to the electrical power system? 

• use hydroelectricity
• add solar panels to roof
• use nuclear power
• use a coal powered generator

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Which of the following is NOT an effect of global warming?

• smaller ice caps

• larger ice caps

• more extreme weather

• animals becoming endangered