Natural Resources Test

Why is petroleum considered to be a nonrenewable resource?

• It constantly forms within Earth.

• It is difficult to transport

• It releases harmful chemicals

• It takes more than a human lifetime to form

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

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water

What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that cannot be replaced quickly

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

Any item needed for life...

• Resource

• water

• oxygen

• food

What is biomass energy?

• any organic matter that can be used by burning wood and other plant life.

• Radiant energy emitted by the sun.

• a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

• made by tapping into steam or hot water reservoirs underground; the heat is used to drive an electrical generator.

Is biomass energy a renewable energy source?

• Yes, always, because you can grow trees again.

• No, it's just like fossil fuels.

• It depends, only if the source is not overharvested.

• No, because manure is not renewable.