Energy from natural resources

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

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What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

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Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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Diamonds and other minerals

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable

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The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

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Why is water a renewable resource?

• It can be frozen into ice
• It evaporates into air
• It is constantly replaced

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Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?

• cotton

• copper

• natural gas

• coal

Cars with hybrid and electric motors ____.

• use more fuel than conventional cars

• create less air pollution than conventional cars

• use solar panels for power

• are no longer produced

One way that mining for mineral resources damages the land is by ____.

• adding greenhouse gases to the environment

• depleting the world’s ozone

• causing salinization

• increasing soil erosion

What is one of the drawbacks to the extensive use of solar energy?

• It is nonrenewable.

• Necessary equipment and installation are expensive.

• It is available only at night.

• It produces toxic pollution.