Test #13: Human Impact on Global Biodiversity

Which resources are renewable?

• Solar, Wind, Water

• Gas, Oil, Coal

• Fossil Fuels

• Uranium

What is one disadvantage of using wind power?

• It is renewable

• The wind is everywhere

• It is not always windy

What is one advantage of using solar power?

• Cloudy Days

• Nighttime

• It does not create pollution

What is one disadvantage of using water power?

• Dams are expensive to build

• It creates a lot of electricity

• It is renewable

Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...

• they are expensive

• they are not powerful

• they don't create much pollution

What are three NONRENEWABLE resources?

• Solar, Wind, Water

• Trees, Wind, Soil

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

• fire

• steam

• water

• heat

What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and wind to generate electricity?

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

• Geothermal Power Plant

• Biomass Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

Uranium atoms are split to create a tremendous amount of heat in a _____ power plant.

• biomass

• geothermal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric