T7L1&2 Quiz

Gold is a natural resource, because it occurs naturally in the environment and humans use it. Gold cannot be made from other substances, and there is a finite supply of it.

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

• Sunlight

• Concrete

• Trees

• Coal

• Clothing

Gold is a natural resource, because it occurs naturally in the environment and humans use it. Gold cannot be made from other substances, and there is a finite supply of it.

What is gold an example of?

• a fossil fuel

• a renewable resource

• a nonrenewable resource

• a natural pollutant

Dakota pumped the gasoline for his dad’s truck when they stopped to refuel. He thought about gasoline and the fossils fuels people use every day.

Choose the correct phrases to finish the sentence....

The reason fossil fuels are useful is because they provide ___________ but fossil fuels are harmful to the atmosphere because they emit_______________

• power;

  the same amount of energy as other types of fuel

• heat;

  oxygen

• clean energy;

  renewable forms of enregy

• fuel that burns much hotter than wood;

  carbon dioxide

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.

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 a(n)___________ population.

Which fossil fuel is produced from the remains of peat?

• petroleum

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

Which fossil fuel is a sign that marine organisms once lived in the location of it's deposit?

• petroleum/oil

• petroleum & coal

• natural gas

• caol

which is a greenhouse gas that burns the cleanest but is still considered a pollutant?

• petroleum

• natural gas

• coal

• nitrogen gas

Julio’s family recently installed solar panels on their house in Phoenix, Arizona. They wanted to decrease their electrical bills, although the panels cost them some money upfront. The remaining electrical energy in Julio’s home comes from a hydroelectric power plant.

What kind of resource is solar power?

• generated energy

• short-term energy

• nonrenewable

• renewable

Julio’s family recently installed solar panels on their house in Phoenix, Arizona. They wanted to decrease their electrical bills, although the panels cost them some money upfront. The remaining electrical energy in Julio’s home comes from a hydroelectric power plant.

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