Earth Science Geology, the Environment, and the Universe

Chapter 24: Earth Resources

Standardized Test Practice-English

1
When a renewable natural resource is used by humans __________.
A)it is used at a faster rate than it is being replaced
B)it is replaced faster than it is used or at the same rate as it is being used
C)it is never replaced
D)it is being used faster than it was formed
2
Which is a nonrenewable resource?
A)water
B)copper
C)air
D)trees
3
What is a source of aggregate?
A)batholiths
B)glacial deposits
C)volcanic deposits
D)xenoliths
4
Iron ores are commonly formed by __________.
A)chemical precipitation in layers of sedimentary rocks
B)hydrothermal fluid migration
C)settling of crystals in igneous rocks
D)placer deposits
5
Aggregates, bedrock, and metallic minerals are all __________
A)hydrothermal ores
B)renewable resources
C)land resources
D)depleted resources
6
What is water used most for, according to the graph?
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A)irrigation
B)public supply
C)electricity
D)industry
7
Carbon is used to make carbohydrates in which step of the carbon cycle?
A)photosynthesis
B)respiration
C)digestion
D)transpiration
8
The discovery of which mineral had a significant impact on the early history of California?
A)gold
B)silver
C)copper
D)magnesium
9
Carbon is removed from the atmosphere through which process?
A)burning fossil fuels
B)deforestation
C)respiration
D)photosynthesis
10
Plants remove which material from the atmosphere?
A)nitrogen and water
B)oxygen and methane
C)carbon dioxide and water
D)hydrogen and oxygen
11
Photosynthesis releases which gas into the air?
A)nitrogen
B)oxygen
C)carbon dioxide
D)hydrogen
12
Which is not part of carbon's biogeochemical cycle?
A)Marine animals use carbonate and bicarbonate ions in their shells
B)Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is used by animals in photosynthesis
C)Carbon is stored in the solid earth as coal, petroleum, or graphite
D)Limestone can dissolve in acidic rain, releasing carbon dioxide into the air or water
13
Which is one way that nitrogen moves through the food chain?
A)Plant roots take it up with groundwater.
B)One organism eats another.
C)It is released when an organism exhales.
D)Plants absorb it from the atmosphere.
14
In which reservoir is dissolved CO2 most abundant?
A)oceans
B)fossil fuels
C)organic wastes
D)carbohydrates
15
What is the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?
A)They convert free nitrogen into a form that plants can use.
B)They break down wastes.
C)They release nitrogen compounds in plants.
D)They release fixed nitrogen into the soil.
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