Energy Resources & Consumption
Which practice is most likely to reduce habitat fragmentation while promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes?
Establishing wildlife corridors between isolated reserves.
Increasing the use of monocultures across farmlands.
Expanding suburban development into rural areas.
Implementing high-yield, intensive farming techniques.
What type of renewable energy utilizes the earth's internal heat?
Biodiesel
Wind turbines
Geothermal
Hydropower
If a region relies on a nonrenewable resource that is being depleted, which approach would best transition the economy to sustainability while considering social implications and maintaining biodiversity?
Implementing a gradual shift towards mixed renewable energy sources with job retraining programs and habitat conservation plans.
Expanding the extraction of alternative nonrenewable resources to temporarily boost the economy and employment rates.
Maintaining current consumption rates while investing in technology for eventual off-planet resource extraction solutions.
Providing subsidies for existing nonrenewable resource industries to increase immediate economic output and social stability.
What is a key difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources are more economically viable.
Nonrenewable resources have a higher environmental impact.
Nonrenewable resources take a shorter time to form.
Renewable resources have an unlimited supply.
What outcome is most likely from a national policy that mandates utilities generate a minimum percentage of their electricity from renewable sources?
Increased development of solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric power plants by utility companies
Immediate abandonment of existing coal-fired power plants without replacing their output capacity.
Utility companies predominantly invest in improving efficiency at existing hydroelectric facilities only.
High resistance from consumers facing increased costs leads to repealment or relaxation of policies within years.
Which type of energy resource can be replenished over a short period of time and is considered renewable?
Solar energy
Coal
Natural gas
Oil
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?
Solar Energy
Petroleum
Fossil Fuels
Natural Gas

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In an ecosystem food chain, how is the flow of energy from producers to consumers best described?
As irregular fluctuations dictated solely by predator-prey population dynamics.
As linear, with diminishing amounts available at each trophic level due to inefficiencies.
As restoration plant nutrients acting as catalyzing agents.
As a closed loop recycled entirely without loss throughout all trophic levels.
Considering energy return on energy invested (EROEI), what challenge does this pose for the widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies such as solar panels?
Solar panels can generate electricity even during times when fossil fuel supply chains are interrupted.
Higher initial energy inputs may reduce net gains compared to more established fossil fuels.
Lower operating costs after installation make renewables more economically viable in the long run.
Renewables like solar often generate more total energy over their lifespan than fossil fuels do.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Petroleum
Natural gas
Coal
Solar energy