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📝 Exhaustion of the world’s resources and impact on environment

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Q1. What are fossil fuels?

🔹 A. Remains of ancient plants and animals

🔹 B. Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar

🔹 C. Synthetic chemicals produced in factories

🔹 D. Minerals extracted from the earth

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. How does the depletion of oil reserves influence global warming?

🔹 A. Less oil use reduces greenhouse‑gas emissions, slowing warming

🔹 B. Depletion forces use of higher‑carbon fuels, accelerating warming

🔹 C. Oil depletion has no effect on atmospheric temperature

🔹 D. More oil leads to cooler oceans, offsetting warming

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. How does a feedback loop between resource depletion and pollution amplify environmental damage?

🔹 A. Depletion reduces pollution, creating a stabilizing loop

🔹 B. Pollution accelerates depletion, which in turn increases pollution further

🔹 C. Both processes occur independently with no interaction

🔹 D. The loop only affects economic growth, not ecosystems

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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