Life Science Review

What type of resources can easily be replenished?

• renewable energy

• nonrenewable energy

• finite resources

• infinite resources

The following examples are renewable sources of energy EXCEPT?

• wood

• water

• sunlight

• natural gas

It is a type of renewable source of energy that comes from the Earth underground.

• hydropower

• wind power

• solar power

• geothermal energy

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Which of the following is a drawback of the biofuels such as ethanol?

• It is more expensive than gasoline.

• There are few places where plants used to make ethanol can be grown.

• When it is burned, ethanol produces even more emissions than coal.

• The energy ethanol can provide is about the same as the energy required to make it.

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Which of the following is an essential characteristics of a mineral?

• artificially produced

• liquid

• formed from organic processes

• crystal structure

Why is the amount of groundwater limited or is unavailable?

• Much of the groundwater is locked in mineral formations in the mantle

• Much of the groundwater is in regions where there is a higher chance of being polluted

• Much of the groundwater is locked up on ice.

• Much of the groundwater is below a deep layer of porous which cannot be easily accessed by drilling.

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Which of the following are three sources of freshwater?

• equator

• oceans

• groundwater

• lakes and rivers

• ice

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What do you call the practice of using less of a resource to keep it around for a longer time?

• exponential growth

• reservation

• conservation

• depletion

What do you call a rapid increase in a population over time?

• excessive growth

• zero growth

• exponential growth

• reverse growth

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Which of the following is a natural source of air pollution on Earth?

• ozone layer

• smog

• carbon monoxide

• volcanoes