Natural Resources Quiz

Which of the following are examples of natural resources? Choose the three that apply.

• trees

• clothing

• sunlight

• coal

• houses

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What is gold an example of?

• a fossil fuel

• a renewable resource

• a nonrenewable resource

• a natural pollutant

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The reason fossil fuels are useful is because they provide ________, but fossil fuels are harmful to the atmosphere because they emit carbon dioxide.

• clean energy

• renewable forms of energy

• the same amount of energy as the other types of fuels

• fuel that burns much hotter than wood

The reason fossil fuels are useful is because they provide fuel that burns much hotter than wood, but fossil fuels are harmful to the atmosphere because they emit _______________.

• less harmful gases than other fuels

• multiple kids of gases

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

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Diana's father works in Houston, Texas, as a geologist in the oil and gas industry. He identifies locations where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, might produce fuel resources. How does fracking work?

• Pressurized fluids are used to break up layers of shale rock. They force out the natural gas trapped there, which is then collected.

• Pressurized fluids are inserted into different kinds of rock. They force out the groundwater, and the fossil fuels are extracted from the groundwater.

• Pressurized fluids are inserted into deep oil wells to get the remaining oil.

• Pressurized fluids are inserted into known gas fields to locate the gases. The gases mix with the liquid before they are extracted.

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Geologists estimate that people have used about half of the petroleum resources on Earth in the last few centuries.

The resources are being used due to an [increasing/decreasing] population.

• increasing

• decreasing

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What kind of resource is solar power?

• generated energy

• short-term energy

• nonrenewable

• renewable

Julio knows that hydroelectric energy is a renewable resource; however, it has some drawbacks as well. What are the problems created by using hydroelectric power? Choose the three that apply.

• disrupts natural processes such as fish migration

• must be close to a source of moving water

• dams must be built

• requires the use of turbines

• affects habitats

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Charlotte visited Iceland with her family one summer, and she was amazed at all the hot water pools in the capital. She knows that these sorts of pools are ________________ because it is located over an area of __________________.

• geothermal energy, heat

• hydroelectric, heat

• geothermal, water

• biomass, wells

• solar energy, power

Biofuels are renewable resources because they are made from corn or sugar cane. In what ways are biofuels and fossil fuels similar?

• They are both examples of renewable resources.

• They are both formed from biomass or plant-based materials.

• They are both burned and give off emissions.

• They both require more energy to produce or refine them than they yield.