Environmental Systems 2nd 9 wks Exam

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• Fossil fuels

• biodegradable

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

• natural resources

• pollution

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Natural resources form in nature. Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• oil

• coal

• plastic

• water

Trees are a renewable resource because ...

• they can be replanted.

• of how big they can grow.

• they burn in forest fires.

• birds live in them.

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What is a fossil fuel?

• oil

• biomass

• wind

• hydro

Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground.

• well
• aquifer
• groundwater
• irrigation

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Desalination is

• removing salt from water
• removing oil from water
• removing toxic chemicals from water
• adding salt to water

The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called

• zone of saturation
• aquifer
• the water table
• surface water

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How much of the earth's water is fresh water?

• 1%

• 23%

• 3%

• 97%

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A rocks ability to allow the flow of water through it is called

• porosity

• recharge

• permeability

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