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LT7B Formative.Reso.

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Question 2

2.

Sentence 2 of paragraph 2 uses the word "replace". What does the word replace mean?

to put something back

to never make again

Question 3

3.

According to paragraph two, renewable resource can be replaced in a long perod of time

True

False

Question 4

4.

Nonrenewable resource can be replaced easily after they are used

True

False

Question 5

5.

Which are examples of nonrenewable resources?

Trees. The atmosphere. Ocean water. 

Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas

Question 6

6.

Arkansa's Crater of Diamonds State Park is a public park where people can get diamonds. How do the diamonds get to the surface or top of the crater?

Air is pressured and used like a vacume to suck up the diamonds. 

The soil is plowed often or regularly bringing the diamonds to the top

Water is pumped down into the crater to make the diamonds rise to the surface.

Question 7

7.

Geologists beleive that diamonds orginally reached the earths surface by..

Cavemen mined the diamonds and brought them to the top!

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Water flooded the crater and caused the diamonds to float to the surface

Volcanoes erupted bringing the diamonds to the top

Question 8

8.

The highplains aquifer has one of the largest supplies of _________

groundwater

diamonds

coal

Question 9

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Question 10

10.

How was the Rocky Mountains and the High Plains aquifer formed

A massive flood occured. The flood came near winter time so all of the water rapidly froze. This created a glacier that slowly moved over the Rocky's and when the glacier finally melted. An quaifer was created.

A meteor came down and crashed landed in Arkansa's causing an earthquake that ruptured the high plains. This formed a huge well

Tectonic Plates crashed into each other creatign the Rocky mountains. Wind and water weathered the peaks of the mountains. Water and sediments or ground piled up over time to make an aquifer. 

Question 11

11.

What is the main problem seen in paragraph 7?

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People are burning fossil fuels, which take millions of years to create and fill back up. 

People are pumping water out of an aquifer faster than it can be replaced or filled back up. 

People are cutting trees down at a rate faster than the trees can grow back. we are losing a massive amount of of our oxygen supply through this. 

Question 12

12.

How much rainfall does it take to replace what has been taken out of an aquifer?

1000 years of rainfall

20 years of rainfall 

6000 years of rainfall

12500 years of snow and rainfall

Question 13

13.

In what location has hundreds of oil wells been drilled into the ground?

The High Plains

Arizona

The Gulf of Mexico

Arkansas Crater of Diamonds

Question 14

14.

Plants convert and store energy from the sun as..

chemical energy

mechanical energy

adjustable energy

potential energy

Question 15

15.

Primary Consumers are animals that eat plants and according to paragraph 8, this energy is stored in their...

diaphram

mainframe

cells

ocean water

Question 16

16.

What is a sediment?

A firey peice of metal

 broken down rock that settles at the bottom of something 

What somebody "says" "ming"

Question 17

17.

Coal is burned to produce

electricity

heat for our homes and cook food

transportation

Question 18

18.

Natural gas is burned to produce

heat for our homes and help cook food on a stove

transportation

electricity

Question 19

19.

Oil is used for

electricity

heat for our homes and help cook food on a stove

transportation

Question 20

20.

If just one mistake is made in removing fossil fuels from the environment it can lead to.. <Select all that apply>

Fossil fuels harming birds, fish, and people

Nothing

Fossil fuels being wasted

natural gas

petroleum

In what states is the High Plains aquifer found?

Kansas

South Dakota

Oklahoma

Wyoming

Colorado

California

Texas

New Mexico