Natural Resources Assessment
You may use your notes and any internet resources to help you answer the questions on this assessment.
- 1.Since the sun powers the water cycle and creates wind, wind energy and hydroelectric power are indirect sources of what type of enery?
- A.
Solar Power
- B.
Tidal Power
- C.
Wind Power
- D.
Hydroelectric Power
- 2.Which one of these is NOT a disadvantage for using fossil fuels?
- A.
Fossil fuels will eventually run out.
- B.
Fossil fuels are not replaced as they are used.
- C.
Fossil fuels are relatively inexpensive.
- D.
Fossil fuels are not clean burning.
- 3.Which type of renewable energy resource is collected close to Lanier Middle School for a large population?
- A.
Wind Power
- B.
Hydroelectric Power
- C.
Solar Power
- D.
Tidal Power
- 4.What is an advantage of nuclear power?
- A.
It has dangerous waste.
- B.
It requires many safety measures to generate it.
- C.
Nuclear accidents can result in major disasters.
- D.
It is inexpensive to produce.
- 5.To prevent the dust bowl, farmers could have attempted which of the following soil conservation practices?
- A.
Crop rotation
- B.
Planting wind breaks
- C.
Contour plowing
- D.
All of the above
- 6.Which of these is an example of a biomass fuel?
- A.
Oil
- B.
Natural gas
- C.
Wood
- D.
Coal
- 7.The intense heat beneath the Earth's surface can be a source of
- A.
Hydrogen power
- B.
Nuclear fusion
- C.
Solar energy
- D.
Geothermal energy
- 8.Most of the pollution in the atmosphere (air) comes from
- A.
Pollen
- B.
Forest fires
- C.
Volcanic eruptions
- D.
Burning fossil fuels
- 9.Plowing removed the grass from the Great Plains and exposed the soil. What effect did this have when a drought struck the Great Plains in the 1930's?
- A.
It had no effect.
- B.
It reduced the soil's fertility.
- C.
It helped to cause the Dust Bowl.
- D.
It prevented sod from developing.
- 10.What term describes the management of soil to prevent its descrution?
- A.
Soil exhaustion
- B.
Soil decomposition
- C.
Soil conservation
- D.
Soil fertility
- 11.Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve water?
- A.
Wash your car in the middle of the day
- B.
Turn off the water when you brush your teeth
- C.
Take shorter showers
- D.
Only run your dishwater when it is full
- 12.What does tidal power depend on to generate electricity?
- A.
Sun
- B.
Tides
- C.
Wind
- D.
Heat in the Earth
- 13.The three major fossils fuels are coal, oil, and
- A.
Wood.
- B.
Natural gas.
- C.
Gasoline.
- D.
Electricity.
- 14.Solar cells are sometimes used to power all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Calculators.
- B.
Lights.
- C.
Telephones.
- D.
Passenger trains.
- 15.In a nuclear power plant, what is used to change water into steam?
- A.
The burning of natural gas
- B.
Geothermal energy
- C.
Captured solar energy
- D.
Heat released from nuclear fission reactions
- 16.Wood, leaves, and manure below to a group of renewable energy sources called _____________________ fuels.
- 17.Taking a bike ride instead of a car ride is practicing energy ________________________, which helps save fuel for the future.
- 18.True or False: A fuel is a substance that provides energy as a result of a chemical change.
- 19.True or False: It costs a lot of money to generate solar energy.
- 20.True or False: Clean air conservation is not a major issue in Georgia because our air is very clean already.
- 21.True or False: The farmers who created Providence Canyon has poor farming practices.
- 22.True or False: Soil is a natural resource.
- 23.True or False: Gasoline that we use to power our cars could be classified as a renewable resource.
- 24.True or False: a pollutant is any harmful material added to an environment.
- 25.True or False: Minerals are not considered natural resources.
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