Natural Resources Test

When a population grows, the demand for resources also grows (True/False)

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Natural resources are

• Resources that exist without actions of humankind.

• Resources that ONLY exist because of the actions of humans

• Nonrenewable

• Dangerous because of global warming

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Which three of the following are Louisiana natural resources that can be extracted and used locally or globally, thus having a positive economic impact?

• Sulfur

• Salt

• Coastal wetlands

• Oil

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What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products

• Form underground from dead organisms

• Allows energy to pass through them quickly

• Are replaced in a relatively short period of time.

Which of the following statements are true? (3)

• A renewable resource can be regenerated over millions of years only

• Lumber is a renewable resource found in Louisiana

• A renewable resource can be regenerated within a typical human’s lifespan.

• Natural gas is a non-renewable resource found in Louisiana

• Oil is a renewable resource found in Louisiana

Energy sources are considered nonrenewable if they

• Come from the ground and nature can restore them

• Cannot be replenished (made again) in a short period of time.

• Are produced from waste products

• Produced by humans

Nonrenewable sources of energy comes in the form of:

• Solid only

• Liquid and gas only

• Solid, liquid, and gas

• liquid only

Organic material that comes from plants and animals, and is a renewable source of energy.

• Solar mass

• Biomass

• Crude oil

• Petroleum

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All fossil fuels are nonrenewable, so that means ALL nonrenewable energy sources are fossil fuels (True/False) Think about it for a second....

Which of the following are fossil fuels (3 correct)

• Coal

• Uranium

• Oil

• Natural gas