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Nonrenewable Resources

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A nonrenewable resource

a)

Exists is a fixed amount

b)

Is constantly being replenished

c)

Examples: water cycle, solar energy

2.

Fossil Fuels form in what type of condition?

a)

In the presence of oxygen

b)

aerobic

c)

Anaerobic

3.

Which resource is considered to be the "dirtiest"?

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Coal

c)

Petroleum

d)

Crude oil

4.

To form fossil fuels you need three main components. Which of the following is NOT one of those?

a)

Heat

b)

Pressure

c)

Biological organism

d)

Water

5.

In the formation of coal, the final product is called

a)

Lignite

b)

Bituminous coal

c)

Peat

d)

Anthracite

6.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage to using coal?

a)

Energy-dense and cleaner-burning

b)

Easy to extract

c)

Safe to store

d)

Abundant reserves

7.

Petroleum is a fluid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and

a)

Sulfur

b)

Carbon

c)

Ash

d)

Tailings

8.

Petroleum is formed from

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Small people in the ground

c)

Phytoplankton (algae)

d)

Dense forests

9.

Natural gas is burned off or extracted from

a)

Crude oil

b)

Coal

c)

Petroleum

d)

Unnatural gas

10.

Crude oil can be refined into several different products. The type of product that crude oil makes depends on

a)

the amount of time it has been in the ground

b)

the biological organisms it was made out of

c)

the amount of carbon

d)

the temperature at which it is boiled

11.

Petroleum and crude oil release _________ CO2 than coal.

a)

More

b)

Less

12.

What is the most common fuel used for electricity in the U.S.?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Coal

c)

Petroleum

d)

Crude oil

13.

In the formation of coal. Once the biological organisms dies it deteriorates into the ground to form

a)

Lignite

b)

Anthracite

c)

Peat

d)

Natural gas

14.

Which fossil fuel is mostly mined through surface mining?

a)

Petroleum

b)

Crude oil

c)

Natural gas

d)

Coal

15.

What is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Coal

c)

Petroleum

d)

Crude oil

16.

Natural Gas is used for all of the following except

a)

Industrial processes

b)

Electricity generation

c)

All of the following are uses

d)

Residential heating

17.

Natural gas is ____________ than oil.

a)

Lighter

b)

Denser

18.

80-95% of this fossil fuel is methane.

a)

Coal

b)

Natural gas

c)

Petroleum

d)

Crude oil

19.

Methane is ____________ potent than CO2.

a)

More

b)

Less

20.

The process of injecting water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure into a bedrock formation.

a)

Surface mining

b)

Mountaintop removal

c)

Fracking

d)

Strip mining

21.

The unconventional method of mining natural gas is

a)

onshore drilling

b)

surface mining

c)

offshore drilling

d)

fracking

22.

Which oil spill involved a supertanker crashing into a reef?

a)

Exxon Valdez

b)

ANWR

c)

Deepwater Horizon

d)

Gulf of Mexico Oil spill

23.

The deepwater horizon oil spill occurred in the

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Prince William Sound

d)

Arctic Ocean

24.

Of the two oil spills, which released more oil into the environment?

a)

Deepwater Horizon

b)

Exxon Valdez

25.

ANWR was an oil spill that released 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's wildlife refuge.

a)

True

b)

False