Conservation of Natural Resources

Which of these forms of transportation conserves the most amount of energy?

• cars

• buses

• bicycles

• trains

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What is conservation?

• Saving natural resources.

• Watching television throughout the day.

• Using natural and human resources.

• Leaving the watering running.

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What is one way people help the environment?

• building new cities

• tearing down a forest

• throwing away plastic

• picking up litter

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_____ is a material that is found in nature and that is used by living things.

• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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To reduce the use of plastic bags is to ...

• Use less plastic bags.

• Use more plastic bags.

• Use the same amount.

• None of the above.

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What are we doing to conserve when we take short showers?

• Recycling water

• Reusing water

• Reducing the amount of water used

What are we doing when we turn off the fan and the lights when we leave the room.

• We are REDUCING are use of electricity.

• We are RECYCLING making electricity into something new.

• We are REUSING the electricity by using it again in a new way.

1)  Name the fossil fuels.

• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
• Coal, Petroleum, Nuclear
• Petroleum, Natural Gas, Nuclear
• Nuclear, Coal, Wind

1)  What other non-renewable energy source is not a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Uranium
• Water
• Geothermal

1)  Why are NR resources called nonrenewable?

• They can be replaced almost as fast they are used.
• They take much longer to replace than to use.
• They are very expensive in startup cost
• They originate from the sun