Natural Resources Quiz

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels

• The sun's energy will not run out for billions of years

• Solar energy recharges batteries

• All of them

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Why is the conservation of natural resources important?

• because many resources are nonrenewable and are being used up to quickly

• because natural resources are all renewable

• because many natural resources are inexhaustible

• because conservation is practiced by most people

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How do fossil fuels affect the environment?

• Expensive

• Leaves fossils at earth's surface

• Causes air pollution when burned

• Bonds sediment.

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How does population growth affect natural resources?

• The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.

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Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

• Coal, Trees, Water, Oil

• Water, Wind, Sun, Plants

• Minerals, Sun, Natural Gas, Water

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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of solar energy?

• it is cheap to install

• it is renewable

• it is non-polluting

• it can directly heat water

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what is a non renewable resource?

• water
• wind
• coal
• biomass

Energy we get from burning living things

• Hydroelectricity 
• Wind Energy
• Biomass Fuel
• Hydrogen Power

The wolf population gets reintroduced to the ecosystem. There is enough deer to go around, so they eat comfortably. The wolf population begins to grow out of control with so much food. The different wolf families then begin to compete for the few caves that exist. Not everyone has good shelter so some have to sleep in the forest floors. What is the limiting factor to the wolves?

• Overcrowding

• Competition

• Weather

• Shelter

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If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.