Human Impact and Sustainability

What are renewable energy sources?

• Renewable energy sources are sources of energy that are expensive and inefficient.

• Renewable energy sources are sources of energy that are harmful to the environment.

• Renewable energy sources are sources of energy that can be replenished naturally and are not depleted when used.

• Renewable energy sources are sources of energy that are only available during certain times of the year.

Which ones are examples of renewable energy sources? Choose ALL that apply

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What are the benefits of using renewable energy sources?

• They are expensive and not cost-effective.

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

• Require a lot of land and space.

• Fast natural replenishment

• It reduces our dependency on / the use of fossil fuels

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What is deforestation?

• The process of planting new trees in a particular area.

• The process of preserving and protecting trees and forests in a particular area.

• The process of using trees and forests for sustainable development in a particular area.

• The process of clearing or removing trees and forests from a particular area.

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What are the impacts of deforestation on the environment?

• It destroys and fragments the habitat, leading to biodiversity loss.

• It has no impact on the environment.

• It improves the habitat, leading to an increase of biodiversity

• It only affects the local environment and not the global environment.

• It increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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What is water scarcity?

• The lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

• The contamination of water resources making it unusable for human consumption.

• The excess of available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

• The excessive use of water resources leading to depletion and scarcity.

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Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water

• Natural gas

• Animals

• wind

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 Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat

• they can be found underground

• they take a long time to form

• all of the above

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass
• wind
• solar energy
• geothermal energy

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