Renewable and Nonrenewable Natural Resources

Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and gold are all examples of

• land resources.
• nonrenewable resources.
• renewable resources.
• mineral resources.

Plants, water, and solar energy are all examples of what kind of resources?

• Soil and land.
• Renewable
• Nonrenewable
• Biosphere

Resources that can be replaced or restored are called

• natural resources.
• renewable resources.
• nonrenewable resources.
• biotic factors.

Materials in nature that sustain life or can be used by humans are 

• biotic factors.
• renewable.
• natural resources.
• community.

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

Resource distribution refers to the 

• smaller populations.
• geographic occurrence of resources on Earth.
• materials found in the environment that humans use.
• water, light, vegetation, animals, and soil.

Fossil fuels are found in

• sedimentary rock formed by deposition.
• metamorphic rock formed by deposition.
• igneous rock formed by deposition.
• minerals formed by deposition.

Resources are distributed in areas

• unevenly.
• evenly.
• equally.
• none.