Weathering, Water and Environmental Chemistry Review

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

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

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

• fire

• steam

• water

• heat

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy

What plays a major role into the SEASONAL carbon dioxide levels?

• photosynthesis

• people

• oxygen

• animals

The general trend of carbon dioxide has been ___ over the last 3 years, due to the burning of fossil fuels.

• increasing

• decreasing

• staying the same

• there is no relationship between co2 and fossil fuels

Which of these are greenhouse gases?

• ozone

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• all of the above

Earth's atmosphere is like a greenhouse: sunlight enters the atmosphere and is trapped as:

• heat

• wind

• light

• energy

The burning of which fuel is the main source of industrial smog?

• Oil

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Biomass