Vocabulary Power
This word means using resources carefully so they are not wasted.
What is conservation?
Is wind energy renewable or nonrenewable?
What is renewable?
Oil is found above water but below gas in an underground diagram. True or false?
What is true?
Wind energy produces electricity without polluting the ________.
What are air and water?
Turning off lights when leaving a room is an example of ________.
What is conservation?
Rock that allows water to pass through is called ________.
What is permeable?
Oil is nonrenewable because
What is it cannot be replaced easily once used?
Why must drillers break through impermeable rock to reach oil?
What is because it blocks the oil underground?
What is one environmental problem caused by fossil fuels?
What is air or water pollution?
Recycling paper helps the environment by ________.
What is saving space in landfills?
Oil is trapped underground because this type of rock blocks it.
What is impermeable rock?
Animals are renewable, but populations can still decrease if ________
What is they are overused or not protected?
Which type of rock allows groundwater to move through an aquifer?
What is permeable rock?
Why can dams harm river ecosystems?
What is they change water flow and affect living things?
Why is replanting trees important after cutting them down?
What is it replaces resources?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are called this type of resource.
What are fossil fuels?
This is one advantage of fossil fuels.
What is they are energy-rich?
If rock is dense and impermeable, water will ________
What is NOT pass through it?
This energy source has little pollution but does not work everywhere.
What is wind energy?
Which action does NOT conserve electricity?
What is leaving lights or devices on when not in use?
This underground layer stores water and is made of permeable rock.
What is an aquifer?
This is one disadvantage of renewable energy sources like dams or wind farms.
What is they can affect ecosystems or do not work everywhere?
Which layer in a diagram is most important for trapping oil underground?
What is the impermeable rock layer?
True or False: Renewable energy always has no environmental impact.
What is false?
Conservation is important because ________.
What is it helps resources last for future generations?