Natural Resources QUIZ

Decaying plant and animal remains in soil

• solar energy

• humus

• ore

• fossil fuels

Mineral rich rock deposit that can be removed from Earth

• solar energy

• humus

• ore

• fossil fuels

Saving, collecting, or using materials again instead of turning them into waste

• recycling

• conservation

The energy given off by the sun

• solar energy

• humus

• fossil fuels

Energy sources including coal, natural gas, and oil that are made from the remains of living things that lived long ago

• humus

• ore

• fossil fuels

Another name for oil

• fossil fuels

• ore

• petroleum

• humus

Choose all of the RENEWABLE resources. There are 3

• ore

• water

• soil

• natural gas

• wind

Choose all of the NONRENEWABLE resources. There are 3.

• ore

• water

• petroleum

• fossil fuels

• sunlight