Unit 6: Standard 2.2.2: Common Assessment

How are surface mining and peat harvesting similar in the way they affect an ecosystem?

• Both increase air pollution, causing acid rain

• Both the area with water, decreasing soil erosion

• Both release carbon dioxide, decreasing global temperatures

• Both remove vegetation in the area, destroying habitats

Nuclear power and drilling for oil can both negatively affect ecosystems. Which negative impact can ONLY be caused by nuclear power?

• air pollution

• water contamination

• exposure to uranium

• Spread of invasive vegetation

Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking is a technique for extracting _________________.

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Petroleum

What is true energy resource acquisition?

• Renewable resources are mostly acquired above Earth's surface. Nonrenewable resources are mostly acquired below Earth's surface.

• Nonrenewable resources are mostly acquired above Earth's surface. Renewable resources are mostly acquired below Earth's surface.

• Both renewable resources and nonrenewable resources are mostly acquired below Earth's surface.

• Both renewable resources and nonrenewable resources are mostly acquired about Earth's surface.

What is an environment threat posed by oil and gas transport that is NOT posed by the transport of wood?

• habitat change

• vehicle pollution

• pipeline leaks

• soil compaction and loss

All energy resources have benefits, risks, and drawbacks. Which two resources present the MOST dangerous risks and consequences for the environment during their acquisition?

• oil and coal

• coal and solar energy

• geothermal energy and oil

• solar energy and geothermal energy

Which of these methods of energy resource acquisition has the LEAST effect on the lithosphere?

• Surface mining for uranium

• pumping oil from under water

• harvesting wood by selective cutting (thinning)

• collecting natural gas from old oil wells

The energy resources oil and coal have all of the following in common except which one?

• They both are formed from the remain of dead organisms.

• They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere

• They both release energy through combustion

• They both generate radioactive wastes.

Which of the following countries burns the most amount of fossil fuels?

• Canada

• Haiti

• Italy

• United States

In a power plant, coal is burned in order to make ______________.

• steam

• smoke

• ashes

• melted iron