Human Impact on Energy Resources

Define: Renewable resources

• Resources that are used faster than they form

• Resources that can replenish themselves over time

• Resources that formed over millions of years

• Resources that exist only in rural areas

According to the graph, identify the recyclable material that would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash.

• Metals

• paper

• plastics

• Yard trimmings

Which term describes the practice which involves the global management of Earth’s natural resources to meet current and future energy needs?

• species introduction

• sustainable energy development

• habitat fragmentation

• biomagnification

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Resources that are obtained from the earth...

• global warming

• pollution

• natural resources

• nature's bounty

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Very little commercial energy is wasted in U.S. industries because the United States is a world leader in energy efficiency.

• True

• False

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Improving energy efficiency means using less energy to provide the same amount of work.

• True

• False

____ is used to produce two useful forms of energy from the same fuel source, such as when steam in a power plant is used to heat nearby buildings.

• cogeneration

• energy efficiency

• smart grid

• superinsulation

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Why aren’t hybrid and all-electric vehicles more widely used?

Hybrid and all-electric vehicles are still very __1. __ because the batteries that fuel them are expensive. They must be replaced every few ___2. ___ If such batteries could be designed to last longer and provide energy for __3. ___ trips, hybrid and all-electric vehicles would be more affordable. Building more __4. ___ stations would also make these vehicles more practical.

• 1. affordable 2. months 3. quick 4. work

• 1. expensive 2. years 3. long-distant 4. re-charging

• 1. affordable 2. years 3. short 4. re-fueling

• 1. expensive 2. months 3. long-distant 4. re-charging

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Identify the most widely used energy source in the United States.

• Petroleum

• Coal

• Natural gas

• Solar

Reducing energy usage through behavioral changes.

• conservation
• efficiency
• cogeneration
• capacity

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