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| Fossil fuels are ancient decaying remains of what? | plants and animals |
| How many years do they estimate we will have available reserves of oil? | 30 to 40 years |
| What is produced by splitting the nuclei of certain elements? | nuclear energy |
| What is the careful use of resources with the goal of reducing damage to the environment? | conservation |
| The introduction of harmful waste products, chemicals, and substances into the enviromnent is called what? | pollution |
| Which renewable energy resource causes the greatest waste hazard? | nuclear energy |
| Pollution that comes from many different sources is called what kind of pollution? | nonpoint source |
| What do we call water that soaks in to the ground and collects in small spaces between bits of soil and rock? | groundwater |
| What kind of energy is from the sun? | solar energy |
| What kind of power would a large dam generate? | hydroelectric |
| What is the heat energy from the Earth called? | geothermal |
| What forms when gases released by burning oil and coal mix with water in the air? | acid rain |
| What do we call the mineral resource found in large enough quantities to be mined at a profit? | ore |
| What do we call resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes in 100 years or less? | nonrenewable resources |
| When oil and natural gas have formed, they begin to do something through the surrounding rock and pore water, what do they do? | move upward |
| What is a disadvantage to using wind energy? | it is limited to certain regions |
| What is a disadvantage to ?using solar energy | there is a dependence on the weather |
| Oil and natural gas are less what than the surrounding rock and pore water? | dense |
| What is the best solution for air pollution? | prevention |
| Plants and animals that die today would need how many years to become fossil fuels? | millions of years |
| T or F land is a renewable resource | True |
| T or F trees and forests are both renewable resources | False, trees are forests are not |
| T or F 70 percent of the Earth's total water supply is usable for humans. | False, 1 % is. |
| Is an asphalt parking lot renewabe or nonrenewable? | nonrenewable |
| Is a tree farm renewable or nonrenewable? | renewable |
| Is a football field renewable or nonrenewable? | renewable |
| Is a pasture renewable or nonrenewable? | renewable |
| Is an airport renewable or nonrewable? | nonrenewable |
