Nature, Resources, and Economy 1

Zinc is considered a soft metal, giving it a (a)   quality.

A body of salty water surrounded by coral reef is known as a ____.

• lake

• lagoon

• pond

• river

An example of a nonrenewable resource is ___.

• carbon

• petroleum

• lithium

• all of them

Water is a(n) ____ compound that is very necessary for life.

• organic

• inorganic

• element

• calcified

____ are organic compounds of nature, necessary for our survival.

• Rocks

• Water

• Plants

• Wind

___ energy is found usually in hills and coastlines; captured by windmills.

• Hydro

• Aeolic

• Solar

• Fossil fuel

Electricity that comes from dams in rivers is known as ___ energy.

• hydroelectric

• aeolic

• solar

• fossil fuel

An area of land that sticks out of the mainland and is surrounded on three sides by water is a ____.

• plain

• strait

• peninsula

• fjord

A body of water surrounded by land on all sides is a ___.

• lagoon

• lake

• sea

• ocean

A large body of salt water is a(n) ___.

• lagoon

• lake

• sea

• ocean