Matter Matters Review

What do you call the process of drilling and injecting fluid into a ground at a high pressure in order to break or fracture the shale rocks to release natural gas inside?

• Drilling

• Fracking

• Perforation

• Sedimentation

Natural resources are found within the environment.

• True

• False

Resources that cannot be replaced

• Conservation

• Renewable Resource

• Non-Renewable Resource

• Natural Resource

Resources that can be replaced

• Renewable Resource

• Non-Renewable Resource

• Natural Resource

• Conservation

Oil is a _______________.

• Renewable Resource

• Non-Renewable Resource

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels
• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
  
• Solar energy recharges batteries
• All of them

All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT –

• Wind

• Coal

• Biomass

• Solar

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

• pollution

• energy

• wind

• light

What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?

• Heat and Moisture

• Pressure and Moisture

• Heat and Pressure

• Heat and Gravity