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Natural Resources

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are nonrenewable resources?

a)

energy sources that are replaced faster than they are used

b)

energy sources that can never be replaced or are replaced more slowly than they are used

c)

a natural product that can be changed into other forms of energy to do work

2.

What are fossil fuels?

a)

energy producers that comes from radioactive elements

b)

a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

c)

energy resources that formed from buried plants and animals that lived a very long time ago

d)

resources that are replaced faster than they are used

3.

All of the following are fossil fuels EXCEPT

a)

oil

b)

water

c)

coal

d)

natural gas

4.

What changes chemical energy from fossil fuels into electrical energy?

a)

electric generators

b)

nuclear fission

c)

power plants

d)

windmills

5.

Where does nuclear energy come from?

a)

Electric generators

b)

radioactive elements

c)

fossil fuels

d)

geothermal energy

6.

Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Splitting atoms creates nuclear energy and what other type of energy?

a)

electrical

b)

thermal

c)

sound

d)

light

8.

What is a renewable energy resource?

a)

an energy source that is replaced more slowly than they are used

b)

an energy source that can never be replaced

c)

an energy source that is replaced faster than they are used

d)

a fossil fuel

9.

What is a device that changes solar energy into electrical energy?

a)

wind turbine

b)

perpetual motion machine

c)

electric generator

d)

solar cell

10.

Geothermal energy is made from water being pumped underground near hot rock, turning it to steam.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
12.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals 
13.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
14.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
15.
The energy resource that is most affected by change in weather is_____________?
a)
geothermal 
b)
wind
c)
nuclear
d)
natural gas
16.
The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.
a)
coal
b)
oil
c)
wind
d)
natural gas
17.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over 
d)
provide all the energy we use
18.
What are two advantages of geothermal energy?
a)
cheap and a lot pollution
b)
expensive and a lot of pollution
c)
cheap and little pollution
d)
expensive and little pollution
19.
If a river is located in a deep canyon, and has  changing amounts of water , how can this be developed as an energy source?
a)
A dam could be built to store water
b)
A well could be dug to hold the water
c)
Wind turbines could be built on the banks.
d)
You could fish in the river.
20.
Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?
a)
It's cheaper than fossil fuels
b)
The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
c)
Solar energy recharges batteries
d)
All of them
21.

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

a)

pollution

b)

energy

c)

wind

d)

light

22.
Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...
a)
Hydropower
b)
Wind Energy
c)
Geothermal Energy
d)
Solar Energy
23.

Which type of energy produces carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas that causes warming of the troposphere?

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Wind Energy

c)

Fossil Fuels (Coal, oil, and gas)

d)

Nuclear Energy

24.

Which of the following energy sources causes the least amount of negative environmental impacts?

a)

Biomass

b)

Nuclear

c)

Natural Gas

d)

Solar

25.
Which of the following DOES NOT use a turbine?
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Wind
c)
Solar
d)
Nuclear
26.
All of the following renewable resources are derived from the sun in some way EXCEPT
a)
biomass
b)
wind
c)
hydroelectric
d)
geothermal
27.

Match the following

a)

Minerals that are soluble in water are extracted from the ground and pumped to large man-made ponds for extraction; works in hot, dry climates

1.

Solar evaporation ponds

b)

Open-pit mines used for sand, gravel, and other building stones

2.

Quarry

c)

Successive horizontal layers of rock and resources are removed; works for sedimentary resources like coal

3.

Strip Mine

d)

Used if rock surrounding an ore body is extremely hard and therefore difficult to remove for access to the ore.

4.

Block Caving

e)

Used for flat sedimentary ore bodies with a weak or fractured sedimentary layer above.

5.

Room and Pillar

28.

         Match each use with the correct fuel type

a)

Used for transportation

1.

Oil

b)

Used for electricity generation

2.

Coal

c)

Used for electricity, heat, and increasingly for transportation

3.

Natural Gas

29.

__________ refers to all of the natural resources and ecosystem services that keep humans and other species alive and that support human economies.

a)

Energy Resources

b)

Natural Capital

c)

Regulating Services

d)

My Amazon Shopping Cart

30.

Humans are dependent on natural systems because they provide services that support us for free.  Which of the following is an example of a regulating ecosystem service?

a)

Carbon sequestration

b)

Mineral resources

c)

Scenic views

d)

Natural habitat

31.

Which of the following is the most sustainable method for obtaining useful materials that meet the needs and wants of society?

a)

Creating an easy system for people to put unwanted materials into landfills

b)

Mining new materials from Earth’s crust

c)

Recovering useful materials from waste through recycling 

d)

Removing trees from pristine forests and using the area to build a plastic factory to produce one-time-use goods

32.

Which of the following metallic resources does the United States produce the most of?

a)

Diamond

b)

Nickel

c)

Gold

d)

Oil

33.

The U.S. produces ______ of the mineral resources that it uses and _______ from other countries.

a)

only some; imports the rest

b)

all;

imports none

c)

none;

imports all 

34.

REEs are:

a)

Elements found in low concentrations in Earth’s crust and used in electronics.

b)

Gemstones used for jewelry-making that are known for their rarity and beauty

c)

Minerals only found deep within volcanoes

d)

Rare hydrocarbons that are used to produce plastics.

35.

Which country produces most of the world’s REEs?

a)

China

b)

The United States

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

36.

Which of the following explains why some energy sources are renewable?

a)

Renewable energy sources exist in a fixed amount and cannot be easily replaced.

b)

Renewable energy sources can be replenished naturally, at or near the rate of consumption.

c)

Renewable energy sources include natural gas and other fossil fuels because they are made from the remains of ancient organisms.

d)

Renewable energy sources use advanced technologies and have been discovered in recent years, making them newer energy sources.

37.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the pumping of highly pressurized water with a mixture of sand and chemicals into boreholes to

a)

create cracks within the rock in order to provide pathways for the release of gas and oil

b)

pulverize the rock in order to let gas and oil rise through the soil horizons

c)

reopen old mine shafts, from which gas and oil can be collected

d)

supersaturate the rock with the fracking fluid, which scrubs gas and oil from the rock by abrasion

38.

Any fuel derived from ancient organic remains and formed by geological processes is called a(n):

a)

Fossil fuel

b)

Natural gas

c)

Renewable resource

d)

Biomass fuel

39.

Which of the following offers new reserves for petroleum?

a)

Decomposition of landfill waste

b)

Tar sands and oil shale

c)

Marcellus Shale 

d)

The Great Salt Lake after it dries up

40.

Which of the following actions would reduce global greenhouse emissions?

a)

Increasing the use of gasoline-powered  automobiles

b)

Decreasing the number of nuclear power plants

c)

Replacing coal-burning power plants with wind farms

d)

Switching from hydroelectric power generation to power generation using natural gas as the primary fuel

41.

After the Clean Air Act amendments in 1990 aimed at reducing acid rain caused by sulfur dioxide pollution, coal production in which region increased because the coal here contains a particularly low sulfur content?

a)

Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky

b)

Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana

c)

The Oil Region of Northwestern Pennsylvania

d)

The Florida Everglades

42.

Buildings designed to partially heat rooms by passive solar heating rely on

a)

materials that absorb and store solar energy to warm the room

b)

solar cells to generate electricity to power a heater in the room

c)

mechanical pumps to move hot water through a radiator system

d)

warm water pumped from underground to warm the room

43.

Which of the following would be most likely to be used as a fuel source for electricity generation in a nuclear power plant?

a)

Uranium-235

b)

Cesium-137

c)

Iodine-123

d)

Bresnahan-124

44.

Some solar energy systems produce high-temperature water for industrial applications and produce steam to run turbines that generate electricity. What type of solar energy system is needed for these kinds of applications?

a)

A passive solar system that uses building design to block summer sunlight

b)

A solar collector system using mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight

c)

A passive solar system that uses building design to collect winter sunlight

d)

A flat-panel photovoltaic cell

45.

A drawback of hydroelectric dams is that they:

a)

are extremely expensive to operate

b)

can never be more efficient than burning coal

c)

interfere with the upstream migration of organisms like salmon

d)

require large amounts of water to be pumped from long-distances