Earth's Natural Resources

Which of these is a renewable resource?

• oil

• natural gas

• coal

• water

Which one is an example of a NONRENEWABLE resource.

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A non-renewable resource _____ renew itself over time.

• can

• cannot

What is one thing that might happen when the Earth's plates shift and move?

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• earthquake

• mudslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Fossil Fuels consist of _____.

• coal, oil, and nuts

• candy, oil, and natural gas

• coal, oceans, and natural gas

• coal, oil, and natural gas

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Earthquakes and volcanoes change the earth's surface by...

• Stopping material from being weathered or eroded.

• Making more sedimentary rock

• Rearranging the order of the earth's layers

• Creating new land and breaking down existing land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What conditions are needed to form coal?

• Heat and pressure

• Heat

• Moisture and pressure

• Cool and moist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that will eventually run out

• Something that has run out

Earth's natural resources are evenly distributed everywhere on the planet.

• True

• False

What is responsible for the uneven distribution of Earth's resources?

• the current arrangement of lakes and oceans

• past geologic processes such as plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes

• rain

• politics