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Why is biomass considered a renewable resource

New plants can always be grown using sunlight and water. Unless there is a supernova, we won't run out of sunlight, and water is continually recycled.

As countries get richer their population growth rate tends to

slow down

Which would be least helpful in reducing indoor pollution

Increasing the house temperature

Which satellite was launched recently by NASA

The satellite which was launched recently by nasa is terra.

Oil and natural gas were created by the squeezing of over millions of years

plankton

How has our relationship with milk changed pollution in the last 200 years

Milk production and consumption now causes much more pollution.

Which have been the most common methods of dealing with waste

Dumping and burning

apex

Is global warming an environmental consequence of the use of fossil fuels

Yes.

Nuclear energy is a useful source of power but has its disadvantages what is a disadvantage of nuclear energy

it produces dangerous waste. apex

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

What fossil fuel plants and nuclear plants both heat water in order to turn on

Turbines

Which advancement technology has helped cut down on Waste

electronic storage of files. apex

Which substance acts acts as a buffer in natural water

minerals and salts (apex)

Burning fossil fuels releases while plants use it as part of photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide

What Plants absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide during the process of growing

All trees, leaves and growing vegetation absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

What measurement gives the most accurate number of population in an area

The electoral roll (or voting register).

Which is not an environmental consequence of nuclear energy

Greenhouse gases

which of the following best describes a solution that contains a buffer

A citric acid is added to the solution but the pH of the solution does not change

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