Obtain, Evaluate, and Communicate Data to Predict the Sustainability Potential of Energy Resources

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

• pollution

• energy

• wind

• light

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What is a disadvantage of wind power?

• We have too many rainy days in US

• It is not always windy in some places

• Companies charge too much to make the wind blow

• The sun is not always out

a downside to relying on biomass as a primary fuel source for a nation is that

• it can cause soil erosion, water pollution, and habitat loss

• it requires little land use

• it produces no pollution

• it produces more pollution than coal 

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Which of the following energy sources has the lowest negative environmental impacts?

• Biomass

• Nuclear

• Natural Gas

• Solar

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

One benefit of geothermal energy is that ________________________________.

• a plant can be built ANYWHERE

• it doesn't cost a lot of money to build

• it can provide power 24 hours a day

• it harms ecosystems where it's built

What are two advantages of geothermal energy?

• cheap and a lot pollution

• expensive and a lot of pollution

• cheap and little pollution

• expensive and little pollution

Wave energy from the ocean can be harnessed to power generators to make electricity. Energy from ocean tides can also be used to make electricity. How would you categorize these two sources of energy?

• Both are renewable.

• Both are nonrenewable.

• Wave energy is nonrenewable. Tidal energy is renewable.

• Wave energy is renewable. Tidal energy is nonrenewable.

When people are able to use a resource in a way that keeps it available for future generations to use the same way, they are practicing:

• Environmental Science

• Ecology

• Sustainability

• Ecological precautions

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Find a word for the following definition:

"the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time"

• pollution

• disposal

• waste sorting

• sustainability

human needs can be met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely

• economics

• CITES

• value

• sustainability