Natural Resources

A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--

• setting up wind turbines
• having a coal furnace
• using natural gas
• burning oil

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Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
• limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving
• using rechargeable batteries
• all of the above are good conservation practices

The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

Ths graph presents data from a city showing the amount of land used to bury solid waste each year. From 1990 to 1999, the amount of space needed to bury waste increased by 1 to 2 square kilometers per year. In the year 2000, the city started a recycling program to slow the increase of land needed for this burying this solid waste. The city claims that since this recycling program started, the amount of land needed for burying solid waste has decreased.

Which evidence would support this claim?

• Data showing that by the year 2010, more than 40% of the citizens were participating in the recycling program

• Data showing that the land used for burying solid waste in 2010 was less than 22 square kilometers

• Data showing that by the year 2010, there was five times more solid waste being buried than being recycled

• Data showing that the land used to build a recycling facility is greater than the amount of land used to bury solid waste

Claim: Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions can be reduced by increasing the amount of electricity produced by wind.

Which pair of graphs, showing data for CO₂ emissions and wind production of electricity would support this claim?

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What type of data would be required to show that the

amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy can be reduced by using

renewable resources?

• the amount of emissions from the burning of fossil fuels

• the amount of scrubbers on a smoke stack

• the amount of emissions from renewable sources

• the amount of renewable resources in a landfill

The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.

• greater, greater

• greater, least

• least, greater

• least, least

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Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

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