Sophia - Environmental Science - Unit 4 Milestone 4.

Choose the statement about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources that is NOT true. • There has been little to no recent growth in renewable energy use due to a lack of environmental concerns with the use of fossil fuels. • Most nonrenewable energy sources can be renewed, but it takes thousands to millions of years for them to form. • New technologies promise future increases in the use of renewable energy sources. • Renewable energy creates little or no waste and has few negative environmental impacts. CONCEPT Non-Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Energy 2 The U.S. policy toward energy supply and demand has included all of the following EXCEPT __________. • providing subsidies for oil • seeking to increase fuel supplies • preventing the free market from determining which energy sources to use • adopting some policies to reduce energy demands CONCEPT Efforts to Address Energy Issues 3 Which of the following describes a natural source of air pollution? • During their vacation, Jim and his family drove their car through several national parks. • A dust storm in 1983 dumped 1,000 pounds of topsoil onto the city of Melbourne, Australia. • Diesel exhaust from idling school buses is a concern for some parents. • Oil refineries on the Gulf Coast release benzene and other volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere. CONCEPT Air Pollution 4 Select the energy source that is non-renewable. • Individual solar cells charge calculator and watch batteries. • Petroleum is used to make gasoline, jet fuel and propane gas. • Corn is converted into ethanol. • Windmills harness the wind's energy to pump groundwater. CONCEPT Energy Renewable Energy Non-Renewable Energy 5 Choose the true statement