Human Impacts

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

What are examples of non-renewable resources?

• Oil, coal and solar energy.

• Gas, coal and water.

• Oil, gas and wind.

• Oil, gas and coal.

Which of the below is an example of renewable energy?

• Oil

• Coal

• Solar

What does renewable mean?

• to protect from loss

• able to be replaced

• to put money or resources toward something

• to move forward

• to increase to the greatest possible amount

An accurate definition of Sustainability is

• meeting population needs

• avoiding the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance

• meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays

• meeting the food needs of animals

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A material or substance that occurs naturally such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• pollutants

• natural resouces

• ecosystems

• nonrenewable resources

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Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• are able to be replaced as quick as they are used

• take millions of years to replace

• can be found all over

• provide all the energy we use

The material given off by burning fossil fuels is ____.

• petroleum

• carbon

• phosporus

• nitrogen

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The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable.

• True
• False