Earth's Resources

Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource?

• Oil

• Computer

• Water

• Oxygen

Fuels are burned to release:

• Energy

• Plants

• Ice

• Food

Fossil fuels come from:

• plants and animals that existed long ago

• other planets in our solar system

• electricity that creates oil, coal and natural gas

• ice that melts

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable resource?

• water

• oil

• sunlight

• apple

Fossil fuels are:

• renewable

• non-renewable

• inexhaustible

• non-existent

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• coal

• water

• petrol

• oil

Energy from the sun is called:

• chemical energy

• potential energy

• magnetic energy

• solar energy

Which of the following would take a short amount of time to be replaced?

• oil

• coal

• wood

• natural gas

Natural resources are:

• technology created by man

• unusable objects in the environment

• materials in the environment that are useful to people

• forms of energy

Resources that cannot be used up are called:

• non-existent

• renewable

• non-renewable

• inexhaustible