Never Retreat - Study Guide Test C

What does the passage primarily focus on?

• Exploring resistance to change

• Adapting to new ways of living

• Both resistance to change and adapting to new ways of living

• Exploring historical events

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Main ideas and supporting details

The author claims that our need for fossil fuels didn't come from a need, but from what?

• Environmental concerns
• Government regulations
• Curiosity and cleverness.

• Lack of alternative energy sources

According to the author, what are some luxuries we have gotten used to?

• Microwaves, electric toothbrushes, smartwatches
• Self-driving cars, virtual reality headsets, drones
• Online shopping, fitness trackers, e-readers
• Garage door openers, cell phones, dishwashers

According to the text, what did we discover that coal was useful for?

• Building houses
• Powering steam engines and lighting up homes and streets.

• Cooking food
• Making jewelry

According to the author, we don't have to change our way of life, but do what instead?

• We

  just need to find a different way to power it, instead of using fossil fuels

• Move to a different country
• Stop using fossil fuels all together

• Stop eating vegetables

What form of energy does the author recommend we switch to?

• Coal power plants
• Nuclear energy
• Renewable energy sources
• Fossil fuels

In the 6th paragraph, what two examples does the author give that humans continue to overuse our resources?

• deforestation and soil erosion
• overfishing and air contamination
• excessive use of water and air pollution
• Japanese over-eating tuna and humans over-using water from aquiifers

This the 7th paragraph, the author claims that it would be easier for us to switch to using

renewable energy if we do what?

• Ignore the environmental impact of fossil fuels
• Continue relying solely on non-renewable energy sources
• Decrease funding for renewable energy research
• Used less energy and bought less stuff

In paragraph 11, what example does the author give to show that humans can adapt?

• Living in low altitudes
• Stop overusing things.

• We have done it before.

• The car industry stopped making cars and started

  making tanks and planes instead

Which of the following is the definition for combustion?

• Combustion is a term used in astronomy to describe the formation of stars
• The process of burning, which produces heat and light

• Combustion is a process of converting light into energy
• Combustion is a type of precipitation