Resources in Florida

What characteristics do all renewable resources share?

• Replaced in a reasonably short amount of time.

• Formed underground from dead organisms.

• Produced by the melting of minerals.

• Allow energy to pass through them easily.

Select all of the nonrenewable resources found in Florida

• Sugar

• Oil

• Wind

• Silicone

Which of the following is NOT a resource found in Florida?

• Water

• Oil

• Diamonds

• Phosphates

Resources are those materials that are useful to humans. Some materials are used to build useful devices, such as computers. Which of the following resources available in Florida is used in building computers?

• Sugar

• Helium

• Silicon

• Timber

Which of the following resources in Florida provides electricity for homes by using radiation from the sun?

• Rivers and streams

• Crude oil

• Limestone deposits

• Solar energy

Fossil fuels include coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because of which of the following reasons?

• They require expensive equipment.

• They take millions of years to be replaced.

• They can be found all over Earth’s surface.

• They provide much of the energy we use.

What TWO nonrenewable resources are found in Florida?

• Limestone

• Wind

• Phosphate

• Water

Select all of the renewable resources.

• Plants

• Minerals

• Animals

• Wind

Why is it important to conserve nonrenewable resources?

• They are easier to find than other resources.

• They have less energy than renewable resources.

• They form from the remains of plants or animals.

• They could possibly be used up in the future.

Water is classified as a renewable, rather than a nonrenewable, resource because of which of the following?

• It is important to all life.

• It is constantly replaced.

• It changes when heated.

• It can become a solid.