3.7C Resources Science Review

Soil is an important resource. Which of these describes a way people use soil?

• A People use soil to make water.

• B People use soil as a fuel to heat their homes.

• C People use soil to grow plants to eat.

• D People use soil to wash their hands.

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Why is paper considered a man made resource?

• A It comes from trees.

• B It is not changed by people to be used.

• C It is found on the Earth.

• D People must change wood (a natural resource) to use as paper.

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Wood is useful for making furniture because it is all of the following EXCEPT -

• A easily cut

• B lightweight

• C strong

• D magnetic

Which of the following is a characteristic that makes a material useful for building homes?

• A Very strong

• B Easily bent

• C Highly flammable

• D Absorbs water

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Cotton is useful in making clothes because cotton can be -

• A heated to high temperatures

• B spun to make thread

• C melted very quickly

• D buried deep underground

Conserving natural resources is important. All of the following ways conserve resources

EXCEPT -

• A using less packaging

• B recycling a glass jar

• C throwing away trash

• D reusing a shoebox

7 What characteristic of coal and oil makes them useful as sources of energy? Coal and oil -

• A take millions of years to develop

• B can be burned to release heat

• C are found under the surface of Earth

• D release pollution when they are used

Natural Resources are

• Materials that are found on Earth that people use. 
• Rocks that contain metal
• Resources that are continually being replaced and will not run out.
• Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

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