Natural Resource Review

A limiting factor for using nuclear energy is the ____ produced.

• flooding

• pollution

• waste

• heat

On _____ lands, mined lands must be restored.

• Private

• Public

• Park

• Both a and b

Which of the following is a source of renewable energy?

• Solar Power

• Fossil Fuels

• Nuclear Fission

• Oil

A house is built so that the back of the house is buried in a hill. The front of the house is made up of windows that face south. These windows allow the sun to heat the house. This is an example of which of the following?

• Active Solar Energy

• Passive Solar Energy

• Solar Power Plant

• Nonrenewable Resources

What is not a result of acid precipitation?

• It can harm fish and other organisms.

• It can pollute soil killing trees and other plants.

• It can increase the chance of asthma attacks.

• It can damage buildings and statues made of some types of rocks.

Deforestation can lead to _____.

• loss of land habitat

• soil erosion

• increases in Earth’s average surface temperature

• All of the above

Energy released from atomic actions is called _____.

• atomic energy

• nuclear energy

• fusing energy

• electrical energy

Which of the following is a nonrenewable energy resource?

• Solar energy

• Wind Energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Tidal power

A wind turbine is most like a _____.

• wind mill

• sail

• kite

• wind sock

Geothermal energy comes from _____.

• Sun

• Earth's Interior

• Earth's Crust

• Earth's Atmosphere