Natural Resource Quiz

 Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat

• they can be found underground

• they take a long time to form

• all of the above

What is a natural resource?

• Resources we get from our house

• Resources we get from nature

• All of the above

Energy sources that are not easily replenished are called...

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

Anything in the environment that humans use.

• Natural resources

• Biological resources

• Renewable resources

• Nonrenewable resources

Renewable resources 

• can be replenished.
• cannot be replenished.
• are limited.
• are fossil fuels.

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Solar

• Coal

• Natural Gas

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Why are fossil fuels considered non-renewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.