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Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
Soil Types
Fossil Fuels
Bonus
100
Renewable Resources can be replaced _______. 

Easily 

100

Nonrenewable sources __________ be replaced easily. 

Cannot

100
Name the soil particle sizes from smallest to largest. 

Clay, silt, sand, gravel

100

What are the three primary fossil fuels we have talked about in class?

Coal, petroleum, and natural gas. 

100

List the planets in order starting closest to the Sun. 

Mercury, venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

200

Name three types of renewable resources

Answers may vary. 

200

Name three nonrenewable resources

Answers will vary

200

Why is sand not very good at holding water?

Large particle sizes allow more water through and sand is basically just very small rocks. 

200

What are some of the uses for petroleum?

Gasoline, paint, plastic, rubber,

200

Is Pluto a planet?

No! It's a dwarf planet.

300

How does the Earth naturally clean all the water on the planet?

Water cycle

300

Why are diamonds considered to be nonrenewable?

Because they take a very long time to be created (millions of years)
300
How could you describe the texture of clay?

Smooth, sticky, hard when dry. 

300

What do we use natural gas for? At least three things. 

Heating homes, cooking, burning to make electricity in power plants. 

300

Which planet has NASA successfully put a robot on so it can explore the surface?

Mars

400

Name two renewable resources that we use to help create electricity. 

answers will vary

400

According to Mr. Jordan on Thursday, why are batteries considered nonrenewable?

They contain many types of metals and metal is nonrenewable. 

400

Name the five main types of soil (even though Mr. Jordan doesn't consider one of them a soil at all)

Sand, clay, silt, loam, gravel

400

What is a similarity and difference between coal and charcoal (like for a BBQ grill)

We can burn both of them and they look similar, but they're not the same thing and they're not made of the same thing. 

400

Name the three main causes of weathering and erosion

Ice, water, and wind

500

A resource that is unprocessed or unchanged is known as a _________________

raw material
500

Is nuclear energy considered renewable or nonrenewable?

Non

500
What can particle size help us determine about a soil's ability to retain water?

The smaller the particle the more water it will retain. the larger the particle the less water. 

500

What is a positive aspect and a negative aspect of using fossil fuels?

Answers will vary. Judged by Mr. Jordan

500

How many Pokemon are there?

898