Standards Vocabulary

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house
• Resources we get from people
• Resources we get from nature

These are all examples of...

• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources
• fossil fuels
• alternative energy

This type of renewable energy converts the power of the wind to electricity.

• steam engines
• solar power
• wind turbines
• nuclear power

Why do we tend to use non-renewable resources instead of renewable resources?

• Less Expensive

• More Energy

• All of these

What is a disadvantage of using non-renewable resources?

• They have a large carbon footprint.

• They can all be used up over time.

• They can lead to global warming.

• All of these.

What is a government that is led by a king or queen?

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

What type of government is formed when:

a person takes control of a country, often by force, and then rules with absolute power?

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Direct Democracy

• Anarchy

What is the absence of government where nobody is in charge?

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

• Democracy