The Social Costs of Resource Use — Unit test Answers

Global fossil fuel dependence can lead to an increase in oil prices.

Which of the following best describes the solar radiation absorbed by and radiated from earth?a.Most incoming solar energy is absorbed by the atmosphere.b.Only a small fraction of energy radiating from Earth is from the atmosphere.c.The Earth’s surface is responsible for a small fraction of heat radiation to space.d.Earth’s surface absorbs little of the energy that strikes as solar radiation.

Which of the following is true about glass recycling?a.Recycling glass reduces the rate of deforestation.b.Recycling glass eliminates greenhouse gas emissions.c.Recycling glass is an energy-saving practice.d.Recycling glass has an incredibly short turn around time.

Energy must be transformed in ecosystems because _______.a.energy cannot be created or destroyedb.an organism’s energy must go somewherec.an organism’s energy must come from somewhered.all of the above

Heterotrophs convert solar energy into chemical energy.