One way to practice conservation in everyday life is to reuse
bottles, plastic bags, recycle, turning off water when not using it, etc.
100
In addition to reducing the drain on natural resources, what other benefit comes from practicing, conservation and recycling?
It reduces the trash that must be removed and buried
100
Why are large towers built at nuclear plants?
provide water to keep equipments cool
100
Which Category produces the least amount of trash?
glass
200
Give me an example of a nonrenewable resource.
Coal, gold, or oil (many more)
200
Which of these is seldom recycled?
a) newspapers b) plastic bottles c) product packaging d) aluminum cans
product packaging
200
Collecting, sorting, and remaking materials are among the cost………..
recycling
200
Renewable resources include solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells, and biomass energy.Why do these sources produce only a small percentage of the energy used in the world?
They are too expensive to be used on a large scale
200
How much of American's trash consists of metals?
8%
300
What is the drawback to using fossil fuels to produce energy?
They produce air and water pollution.
300
What factors determine the type of coal that forms from buried plants? (2 parts)
heat and pressure
300
A disadvantage of nuclear power is that generating it……….
produces dangerous waste product
300
What waste product is produced by a hydrogen fuel cell?
water
300
What percentage of the total trash are wood and food scraps
20%
400
what natural resource is used to make plastic?
oil
400
What type of natural resource is used to make computer chips?
minerals
400
Solar cells, hydroelectric energy, biomass and geothermal energy are all renewable forms of energy. Why are they potentially better to use than fossil fuels?
Their source exist in almost unlimited supply.
400
Why are fossil fuels used to run most power plants?
They burn easily and produce a lot of heat
400
Draw an example of something that benefits from using geothermal energy
heating homes, food, earth is cleaner, clean air, school, farm
500
TRUE or FALSE…. The amount of trash produced in the United States has nearly doubled the last 40 years.
True
500
Reusing a plastic grocery bag by using it as a trash bag helps save natural resources through what practice?
recycling
500
What is the main disadvantage of using hydrogen fuels cells to power automobiles?
They are too expensive
500
Give me one example of renewable resource and nonrenewable resource
renewable: water, trees, air, sunlight, and wind
nonrenewable: oil, coal, uranium, etc.
500
Draw and Identify 2 nonrenewable resources and 2 renewable resources
renewable: sunlight, wind, water, trees and other plants
nonrenewable: coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, minerals and rocks