Natural Resources Review

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

How do fossil fuels affect the environment?

• Expensive
• Leaves fossils at earth's surface
• Causes air pollution when burned
• Bonds sediment.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Geothermal energy is energy from 

• the sun
• heat from deep in the earth
• wind
• inexhaustable

Which type of alternative energy source is shown in this picture?

• Wind
• Solar
• Hydroelectric
• Geothermal

Which of the methods of generating electricity does NOT use alternative energy resources? 

• Burning coal in a power plant
• Turbines spinning in dam
• Solar panels taking in light energy 
• Drilling wells to reach hot rocks deep inside the earth 

Jim eats lunch then goes for a jog. What transformation changes lunch into the energy to jog?

• Chemical to radiant

• Mechanical to chemical

• Mechanical to sound

• Chemical to mechanical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Light bulbs transform electrical energy to which 2 types of energy?

• thermal and mechanical

• thermal and light

• light and mechanical

• nuclear and light

Which type of energy is the most environmetally safe?

• nuclear

• coal

• solar

• hydroelectric

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What type of fuel does a "hybrid" car use?

• ethanol

• gasoline

• electricity

• gasoline and electricity

Which energy source is renewable?

• fossil fuels

• nuclear

• uranium

• biomass