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  1. What items are considered biomass fuels?

A. Garbage, coal, wood

B. Wood, bamboo, garbage

C. Fossil fuels, wood, corn

D. Sugar cane, corn and coal

WHAT IS Wood, bamboo, garbage?

100

A body of water that has a pH of 7 is

  • Neutral
100
  1. The following energy sources are renewable except

 Fossil Fuels

Solar

Nuclear

Wind

WHAT IS FOSSIL FUELS?

100

Orange Juice=pH 2

Acid

100

Which natural resource is a renewable energy resource?

a) Coal

b) Oil (petroleum)

c) Natural gas

d) Sun

WHAT IS THE Sun?

200

How does sun make wind energy?

A. By light energy hitting trees

B. By the light and heat of the sun moving the clouds

C. By the sun heating air molecules at different temperatures

D. By storms passing in front of the sun

WHAT IS By the sun heating air molecules at different temperatures?

200

Scientists tested water at a sampling site in the Neuss River watershed.  They found that dissolved oxygen dropped to its lowest level during July.  What is the most likely cause of the low dissolved oxygen data for July?

High temperatures

200

Geothermal energy uses ----------------- to produce electricity.

WHAT ARE Steam wells?

200

Distilled water=pH 7

Neutral

200

Fuel made from plant or animal waste (organic matter)

WHAT IS BIOMASS ENERGY?

300

Mechanical energy is demonstrated by all of the following except

A. the moving of a turbine

B. the flow of electrons

C. the burning of fossil fuels

D. the movement inside of a generator

WHAT IS the burning of fossil fuels?

300

Under which conditions are large numbers of fish in a lake likely to die?

  • When the water’s dissolved oxygen is low and temperatures are higher than average
300

Why don't we use solar energy or geothermal energy as much as we could?

WHAT IS The set-up cost is too expensive?

300

Materials in the environment that are useful to people

WHAT ARE NATURAL RESOURCES?

400

The process of releasing heat energy when the nuclei of an atom is split or fused together is called?

WHAT IS Nuclear Energy?

400

Which of the following are indicators of a healthy water source?

Low temperature, high dissolved oxygen, and neutral pH

400

What form of alternative energy uses the sun?

WHAT IS Solar power?

400

What is a natural resource?

What is materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain?

500

What is an advantage to using the Earth’s natural heat as an energy source?

WHAT IS It is renewable?

500

Which of the following pH ranges is considered to be healthy for freshwater ecosystems?

6.5 to 8.2

500

What form of alternative energy uses the heat from the earth?

WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY?

500

What are alternative resources?

WHAT IS is any energy source that does not use fossil fuels (coal, gasoline and natural gas). ... Because fossil fuels are polluting and limited, people are looking for alternatives?

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