7th Grade: 4th Quarter Pre-assessment

Which of the following is considered to be a nonrenewable resource?

• sunlight

• water

• wood

• natural gas

Which of the following renewable energy resources comes from underground?

• geothermal energy

• hydropower

• wind power

• solar power

Which of the following statements about minerals and ores is true?

• Minerals are deposits of valuable ores.

• Minerals are products that are made from ores.

• Minerals form solutions, but ores form from volcanoes.

• All ores are minerals, but not all minerals are ores.

The most abundant water resource on Earth is ___________.

• salt water

• fresh water

• groundwater

• surface water

Rather than increasing at the a constant rate, human population growth in recent decades has increased more and more rapidly over time. This rate of change is called ___________.

• excessive growth

• exponential growth

• reverse growth

• zero growth

Which is a natural source of air pollution?

• volcanoes

• carbon monoxide

• smog

• ozone layer

What impact does logging have on the land?

• increased nutrients

• increased erosion

• accelerated recycling of organic matter

• accelerated soil deposition

Which of these is a source of human-made ocean pollution?

• fresh water

• ozone

• plastics

• sediments

A “flow resource”; is a natural resource which replenishes as it is being used is called _____________.

• ecosystem

• renewable resource

• natural resource

• non-renewable resource

A natural resource that cannot be readily replenished as quick as its demands is called _________________.

• ecosystem

• renewable resource

• natural resource

• non-renewable resource