EES Module 8.1 (Earth and Environmental Science)

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Science
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11th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Aaron Sumners
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16 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is meant by "Earth's resources"?
The variety of fossil fuels and minerals we mine from the ground.
Anything that we take from nature for our own use.
The ability for earth to replenish ground and water stocks
The capacity for a planet to generate energy without an external source
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the pair of resources listed below that includes both a renewable and a non renewable resource
Gold and Platinum
Water and sunlight
Gold and Water
Copper and Sulfur
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the list that only contains alternative energy sources.
Wind, natural gas and solar
Wind, nuclear and solar
Wind, coal and biomass.
Wind, coal seam gas and geothermal.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the most serious environmental problem from most mines.
Pollution when a mine is flooded.
Waste rock heaps.
Erosion on the mine site
Dust.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Coal seam gas projects are often under productive farmland. What is the best way to restore the farmland?
The farm should be returned to its original condition by the miners when gas extraction ceases.
The farm should be returned to its original condition by the government when as extraction ceases.
The miners should only make sure all drill holes are caped when gas extraction ceases.
The land naturally heals itself so that no rehabilitation is needed.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which commodity has the highest value of production?
Livestock
Forestry
Grains and Crops
Other Horticulture
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What ultimately causes water scarcity?
Poor management of natural water sources
Inappropriate agricultural methods increasing evaporation of water
Booms in population leading to increased construction
Extracting Water from a natural source a rate greater then it's replenished
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
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