Protection of Earth's Resources and Environments

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the concept of conservation?

• Using natural resources without considering future needs

• The practice of protecting nature and using resources carefully

• Ignoring the impact of human activities on the environment

• Focusing only on recycling and not on reducing or reusing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the practice of conservation?

• Using resources without limits

• Protecting the environment and using resources carefully

• Ignoring government efforts

• Focusing only on economic growth

Multiple Choice

How do national and state parks contribute to resource protection?

• By allowing unlimited resource extraction

• By preserving natural areas with rare features

• By promoting urban development

• By restricting public access completely

Open Ended

Why do you think it is important to preserve natural areas with rare features, such as geysers and canyons?

Open Ended

What are some ways that you can reduce the amount of resources that you use in your daily life?

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Environmental conservation includes all the ways people work to reduce the harmful effects of

activity.

Open Ended

How do school buses that carry several students to school at the same time help conserve natural resources?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of how engineers help with environmental conservation by using renewable energy or reducing energy use?

• Installing green roofs, solar panels, or wind turbines

• Using more chemical fertilizers

• Cutting down native trees for crops

• Building homes with only nonrenewable materials

Multiple Choice

Re-processing material to make another product

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

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is a process through which something can be used again.

Multiple Choice

What are the main steps involved in recycling a plastic bottle according to the diagram?

• Sorting materials, melting and processing, manufacturing new products, using new products

• Throwing away, burning, buying new, using

• Collecting, composting, manufacturing, disposing

• Sorting, composting, burning, reusing

Open Ended

What might happen if people decided to stop recycling materials?

Fill in the Blanks

One way to practice conservation at home is to turn off

when they are not needed.

Categorize

Options (6)

close the sink faucet when not using

use a reusable water bottle

use a rag instead of paper towels

buy a can of soda made from old aluminum cans

walking instead of driving to the store

buy a newspaper made from magazine paper

Sort the activity into the correct category

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Open Ended

Describe two benefits of using reusable grocery bags instead of disposable ones.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following resources can be replaced as people use them?

• Plants

• Fossil fuels

• Metals

• Plastic

Open Ended

Reflecting on today's lesson about human impacts on Earth's systems, what are some actions you can take to help protect Earth's resources and environments?

Open Ended

Some green homes include devices to produce electricity from solar energy. Why is this an important part of green building?

Categorize

Options (7)

Sort the items into the correct recycling bin

Plastic

Glass

Paper

Metal