ESS Final Exam '25

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• Biomass

• Coal

• Solar

• Wind

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past one another?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Subduction

• Transform

Which of the following best describes tidal energy?

• Energy from Earth's internal heat

• Energy from water movement caused by gravity from the moon

• Energy from falling water

• Energy from splitting atoms

Match each term to its definition:

• Used in electronics, found in low concentrations

• Rare Earth Elements

• A resource that can be replaced naturally from the heat in Earth's interior

• Geothermal Energy

• Rock containing useful minerals

• Ore

• Resource that forms slower than it is used

• Subduction

• One plate going beneath another

• Nonrenewable

__________ is a solid layer of rock on Earth's outer surface.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• asthenosphere

__________ is molten rock that has reached Earth's surface.

• lava

• magma

• basalt

• granite

A __________ is a record of the vibrations caused by an earthquake.

• seismogram

• barometer

• thermometer

• anemometer

__________ energy is created by water turning turbines at dams.

• hydroelectric

• solar

• geothermal

• wind

Using the image, label the following plate boundary types:

• Divergent

• A

• Transform

• B

• Convergent

• C

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When we use less of a resource, and the resource can replace itself before we run out of it, that is called ​ .

• generator

• sustainability
• nonrenewable

• renewable