Chapter 3 Review

Question 1

formed when the remains of plants and animals are buried quickly

Answer 1

fossil fuel

Question 2

a factory that separates crude oil into different products

Answer 2

refinery

Question 3

mineral used in nuclear reactors

Answer 3

uranium

Question 4

concentrated areas of specific minerals

Answer 4

vein

Question 5

solid substances found naturally in the earth’s surface

Answer 5

minerals

Question 6

a layer of sand, gravel, or bedrock that holds and moves

Answer 6

aquifer

Question 7

a floating ice sheet

Answer 7

ice shelf

Question 8

forms when sea water freezes

Answer 8

sea ice

Question 9

Characteristics of malleable metals

Answer 9

soft and shapeable

Question 10

What is ground cover?

Answer 10

a low-growing crop that lessens erosion in unused fields

Question 11

Why is contour plowing used?

Answer 11

to help keep water from washing soil away

Question 12

What causes oceans to be salty?

Answer 12

dissolved minerals and salts left behind when water evaporates cause oceans to be saline, or salty

Question 13

Is geothermal energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 13

renewable resource

Question 14

Is coal a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 14

nonrenewable resource

Question 15

Is natural gas a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 15

nonrenewable resource

Question 16

Is hydroelectric energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 16

renewable resource

Question 17

Is nuclear energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 17

nonrenewable resource

Question 18

Is solar energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 18

renewable resource

Question 19

Is wind energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 19

renewable resource

Question 20

Is petroleum a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

Answer 20

nonrenewable resource

Question 21

Which energy resource is not a fossil fuel? coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, or petroleum

Answer 21

hydroelectric energy

Question 22

Which problem would not occur as a result of using fossil fuels? air pollution, oil spills, radioactive pollution, production of soot and sulfur gases

Answer 22

radioactive pollution

Question 23

______________ uses heat from the earth to produce steam.

Answer 23

Geothermal energy

Question 24

Which disadvantage is associated with the use of wind energy and solar energy? heavy maintenance, large land areas required, pollution, or does not use water

Answer 24

large land areas required

Question 25

What is an advantage of using geothermal energy?

Answer 25

plants are inexpensive to build and operate

Question 26

Which is not an advantage of using windmills to provide wind energy? requires a steady wind, does not cause pollution, requires little maintenance, or renewable resource

Answer 26

requires a steady wind

Question 27

What is ground water?

Answer 27

water stored beneath the surface of the earth

Question 28

What are all the materials that God provides for our use called?

Answer 28

natural resources

Question 29

Explain what you can do to help conserve natural resources

Answer 29

Reduce the amount of energy used. Reuse materials that would otherwise get thrown away. Recycle those resources that can be made into other products.

Question 30

What are some ways that oceans provide for man

Answer 30

The oceans provide fresh water through the water cycle; play a key role in the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle; provide oxygen by photosynthesis of phytoplankton; influence climates

Question 31

Coal, natural gas, and petroleum are examples of _______ fuels.

Answer 31

fossil

Question 32

the process of heating metal to purify it

Answer 32

smelting

Question 33

replenishes the nutrients in the soil

Answer 33

fallow ground

Question 34

a material that has usable amounts of metal in it

Answer 34

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