Natural Resources

Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source?

• solar powered car
• coal powered steam train
• natural gas car
• gasoline truck

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A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--

• setting up wind turbines
• having a coal furnace
• using natural gas
• burning oil

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Oil comes from deep underground. When people have used all of the oil on Earth, it will be gone. What kind of resource is oil?

• a renewable resource
• an inexhaustible resource
• a nonrenewable resource
• a non-usable resource

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What should be pictured in picture 2 to show a renewable resource?

• young trees which have just been  planted
• level land with stumps removed
• a pond fish live in
• a log cabin that the trees were used to build

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What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house
• Resources we get from people
• Resources we get from nature

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We can _____ natural resources by not using them up or damaging them.

• conserve
• destroy

Why should I recycle?

• So the earth is not covered in trash
• To conserve natural resources
• BOTH of these are right!

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, trees, water, oil
• Water, wind, sun, plants
• Minerals, sun, natural gas, water

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