Lovell -Checkpoint- Renewable, Nonrenewable Resources, and Human Impact

Question 1

11. How is petroleum formed?

Accepted Answer

From marine organisms' remains

Question 2

15. What are fossil fuels primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Energy production

Question 3

13. What type of energy resource is created through nuclear fission?

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable energy

Question 4

10. What is the main component of natural gas?

Accepted Answer

Methane

Question 5

1. What is the study of the Earth called?

Accepted Answer

Geoscience

Question 6

12. Which resource is considered organic/natural?

Accepted Answer

Air

Question 7

14. Which process describes nuclear fission?

Accepted Answer

Splitting of an atom's nucleus

Question 8

5. What is biomass classified as?

Accepted Answer

Renewable resource

Question 9

3. What process occurs in nuclear power plants to generate electricity?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear fission

Question 10

20. What is required for plants to grow?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight and soil

Question 11

7. What is the process of removing salt from seawater called?

Accepted Answer

Desalination

Question 12

16. How are minerals formed?

Accepted Answer

Through multiple processes including cooling magma

Question 13

18. What happens during hydroelectric power generation?

Accepted Answer

Water turns turbines

Question 14

2. Which of the following is a renewable resource that uses moving water to generate electricity?

Accepted Answer

Hydroelectric power

Question 15

19. Which describes petroleum's origin?

Accepted Answer

From marine organisms

Question 16

4. Which statement best describes a nonrenewable resource?

Accepted Answer

It cannot be replenished at the rate we use it

Question 17

6. Which resource is formed from fossilized plants?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 18

9. What is a mineral deposit that is valuable enough to extract called?

Accepted Answer

Ore

Question 19

17. Which of these is considered a finite resource?

Accepted Answer

Minerals

Question 20

8. Which of these is NOT a renewable energy resource?

Accepted Answer

Petroleum

Questions 20