Key Terms
Concepts
Quiz Questions
Types of Energy
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The space, conditions, and all living and nonliving things around an organism
What is the environment
100
What are the two categories for natural resources?
renewable and non renewable
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What are the two categories for natural resources?
OPTIONS
A) The energy of sunlight
B) Water behind a dam
C) Fossil fuels
D) Wind energy
C) Fossil Fuels
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A resource that nature can replace
What is a renewable resource
100
What is miss shimansky's favorite color
navy
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Not made by humans
What is natural
200
What is the risk of using only one kind of non renewable resource for energy? For example if everyone used a wood burning stove to heat their house
The resources would run out
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The information in the table provides evidence for which of the following statements?
A) More oil is used in the U.S.A. than in any other country.
B) The fuels we use for energy are found only in the ocean.
C) All of these fuel types come from natural resources.
D) Nonrenewable resources cause the most pollution.
C) All of these fuel types come from natural resources.
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Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime
What is non renewable resource
200
How many years has ms. shimansky taught at jefferson?
4
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That which is needed to do work
What is energy
300
After a long amount of time, what is formed from the remains of plants and animals buried in Earth's crust?
Oil/fossil fuels
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Based on the data in the table, which of the following would disturb the greatest number of acres of land surface?
A) Producing 6 million tons of coal from longwall mines
B)Producing 2 million tons of coal from surface mines
C) Producing 12 million tons of coal from longwall mines
D) Producing 3 million tons of coal from surface mines
C) Producing 12 million tons of coal from longwall mines
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What are three examples of non renewable energy
coal, oil, natural gas
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What is ms. shimansky's middle name?
Parker
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A source of energy
What is fuel
400
Name one possible consequence to the environment of using oil as our primary fuel source
Drilling for oil and transporting oil can cause oil spills in the ocean, harming the environment.
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The uranium used as fuel for nuclear energy was formed billions of years ago at the time of the origin of the earth. Based on this information, we know that uranium is-
A) a nonrenewable resource.
B) a very dangerous poison.
C) the most expensive fuel.
D) more abundant that it once was.
A) a nonrenewable resource.
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What are three types of renewable energy
solar, wind, water
400
What are the names of ms. shimanskys cats
indy and astrid
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Made or extracted from something
What is derived
500
What is a possible negative effect of using wind turbines as a renewable energy source
Building wind turbines can cause loss of habitat for for living things in the area, especially during construction.
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The burning of fossil fuels will have the greatest direct effect on the environment in which of the following ways?
A) Driving animals from their homes
B) Adding pollution to the air
C) Killing plants in nearby ponds
D) Creating powerful winds
B) Adding pollution to the air
500
To get nuclear energy, you must split a molecule of this element
Uranium
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What year was ms. shimansky born
1996