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Of the following, which would NOT be considered a natural resource?
A.animal waste B. steel
C. iron D. wood |
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Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A. sunlight B. silicon
C. natural gas D. uranium |
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Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
A. tree B. water
C. oil D. wind |
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Which of these best describes a fossil fuel?
A. nonrenewable
B. unlimited
C. man-made
D. recyclable |
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| Elements like oxygen are necessary for survival. Which Earth system is providing for us, in this case? |
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| We burn coal to produce electricity. This pollutes the air, though. This proves that using coal as a fossil fuel has _____________ and _____________. |
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| These form by geologic processes over millions of years. |
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| Fossil fuels supply about _______ percent of the world’s energy. |
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| The United States has one of the world’s largest deposits of |
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If you saw the machine above, you would know that _________ is being pumped out of the ground. |
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Which method of transportation is NOT used for moving oil? A.aircraft B.ship/boat
C.pipeline
D.truck |
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| This is the factory where oil is broken down into different parts to make different products. |
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Which one of the following products is NOT made from oil?
A.gasoline B.plastics C.cleaning supplies D.computer chips |
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| After cutting my grass, I gather and spread the clippings over the flower beds around the house. I am demonstrating this by reusing my yard waste. |
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| By the end of 2010, you will have used this many pounds of minerals. |
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| These are facilities where we dump and bury over 90 million tons of trash every year. |
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| Conservation involves these two actions. |
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| This is defined as recovering and extending natural resources. |
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| Shippingport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
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| President Eisenhower commissioned the first atomic power plant in the United States. Where was it located? |
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fission= splitting atoms
fusion= combining atoms |
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| What is the main difference between fission and fusion? |
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| control rods inside reactor cores regulate energy |
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| If nuclear weapons can destroy whole cities, then why don’t nuclear reactors blow up power plants? |
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| Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants will remain active for over ______________ years. |
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| How do we dispose of nuclear waste? |
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| Nuclear power plants use this radioactive element as “fuel”. |
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| 10% of the energy used in the U.S. today is generated by _________________ power plants. |
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| Water, wind, Earth’s heat, biomass, sunlight and hydrogen make up _______% of our power generation. |
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| flooding of animal habitats, disruption of fish migrating routes, low water levels down river |
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| What are 3 problems associated with hydroelectric power plants built at dams? |
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| This is a specially constructed sandwich of silicon and other materials that converts light energy into electricity. |
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| Hot water used in geothermal power plants is heated by this deep under the Earth. |
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| What type of energy uses hot water from inside the Earth as its main fuel? |
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| What type of power plant would be best for cities along the Great Lakes? |
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| Organic materials such as plant and animal waste are used to generate energy in these power plants. |
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| Brett says his dad’s new car runs on water. This is part true, since the car gets its power from separating atoms of this element from water. |
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