Science - weather and natural resources

How can carpooling or walking help conserve nonrenewable resources?

• It is less expensive than driving alone.
• We would build more bicycles.
• We would use less gas and oil so need less fossil fuels.
• We would cause less pollution.

How could you conserve a renewable resource?

• Drive electric cars so you won't use gasoline.
• Melt aluminum cans to make new ones.
• Make diamonds in a lab instead of mining them.
• Cut down fewer trees by recycling paper.

We use pencils each day in class.  Which part is made from a renewable material?

• The eraser, made from fossil fuel.
• The shaft made from wood.
• The graphite made from a mineral.
• The ferrule, made from metal.

Coal is an example of a nonrenewable resource.  Why is it considered nonrenewable?

• It is dangerous and expensive to dig coal in a mine.
• The process for making coal no longer happens.
• The plants that make coal are extinct.
• It takes millions of years to make coal.

Why are fossil fuels classified as nonrenewable?

• They are made of animal remains.
• People use them daily.
• They are quickly replaced.
• They take millions of years to make.

Which of the following is a renewable resource.

• air
• coal
• minerals
• natural gas

Why do we say  fossil fuels are nonrenewable?

• They are underground.
• We heat them up in a factory.
• Dinosaurs made them.
• They take many years to form.

Why do we say  fossil fuels are nonrenewable?

• They are underground.
• We heat them up in a factory.
• Dinosaurs made them.
• They take many years to form.

The class brainstormed nonrenewable resources.  Which list is correct?

• coal, minerals, gold, oil
• trees, wind, animals, water
• diamonds, ice, plastic, tomatoes
• oil, natural gas, trees, silver

Which is not a way to conserve resources.

• recycle paper
• lower your thermostate in winter to use less heat
• car pool or use your bicycle
• quit eating broccoli and spinach