Natural Resources Skills Practice

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil
• Water, wind, sun, plants
• Minerals, sun, natural gas, water

Takes millions of years to form.

• hydroelectric
• renewable
• solar
• fossil fuels

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Solid fossil fuel formed from ancient plants.

• coal
• oil
• petroleum
• natural gas

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How do fossil fuels affect the environment?

• Expensive
• Leaves fossils at earth's surface
• Causes air pollution when burned
• Bonds sediment.

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How could you conserve a renewable resource?

• Drive electric cars so you won't use gasoline.
• Melt aluminum cans to make new ones.
• Make diamonds in a lab instead of mining them.
• Cut down fewer trees by recycling paper.

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Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. What type of alternative energy resource is ethanol?

• Hydroelectric

• Geothermal

• Biomass

• Solar

An energy company wants to build a hydroelectric power plant. Which of these characteristics of an area is most important to the development of a hydroelectric power plant? 

• The area has a cool, rainy climate.
• The area is located in a valley with very little wind and frequent heavy fog.
• The area has a river that flows rapidly from nearby mountains through a valley
• The area has no geysers or hot springs.

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Based on the data collected, which source of alternative energy is most efficient?

• Coal
• Wind
• Natural gas
• Solar

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