Natural Resources

Natural resources are

• renewable.
• nonrenewable.
• resources that exist without actions of humankind. 
• resources produced by humans from using biotic and abiotic factors found in nature.

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A Fossil Fuel is

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use
• Rock that contains metal 
• Fuels that formed years ago from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

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Renewable resources are:

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use
• Rock that contains metal 
• Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
• Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 

Wind energy 

• is less expensive than fossil fuels
• is difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availability
• is a renewable source of energy
• utilizes small or large areas of land not previously used

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Which is an advantage of installing solar panels?

• Reduced amount of air polllution
• High cost to install
• Number of cloudy days
• Use of nonrenewable resources

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Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal - What do these items have in common?

• They are examples of inexhaustible energy resources.
• They are examples of renewable energy resources.
• They are examples of energy resources that do not cause pollution.
• They are examples of nonrenewable energy resources.

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Which of the following energy resources is nonrenewable?

• Biomass
• Geothermal
• Fossil Fuel
• Hydropower

What kind of environment would have had to existed in the past for an area to have coal today?

• Any environment where a large number of plants and animals died.
• A swamp with many generation of plants that died and couldn't decompose naturally.
• A sea where many plants and animals died and couldn't decompose.
• A desert environment where no living things ever existed. 

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A disadvantage of solar energy is

• that the clouds can block the sunlight
• it is not available at night
• that the clouds can block the sunlight and it is not available at night
• the sun is too hot to be absorbed in solar panels

Which of the following--select more than 1 answer--are fossil fuels?

• coal

• oil

• geothermal

• natural gas