Energy & Sustainability

What kind of organisms form coal?

• Zooplankton

• Algae

• Plants and trees

• Animals

What conditions are needed to form coal?

• Heat and pressure

• Heat

• Moisture and pressure

• Cool and moist

What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that will eventually run out

• Something that has run out

In a power station, what causes the turbine to turn?

• Heat

• Gas

• Air

• Steam

The flame on your stove is an example of

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

• oil

What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment
• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods
• Walking or biking to school
• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it. 
• Driving a large car around for fun.

What are our basic needs?

• clothing, water, air
• food, air, clothing
• food, water, shelter
• Music, money, interpetative dance

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• it has remained at the same level
• it has decreased dramatically
• it has decreased only slightly
• it has increased dramatically