Earth's Resources Unit 3 Review

A natural resource is

• Something that does not come back

• Something that comes from nature that people can use.

• Something that does come back

• Fossil Fuels

Marta outgrew her cotton sweater. Help her make an informed choice. How can Marta conserve natural resources by reusing materials?

• Buy a new sweater

• Throw the sweater away

• Cut the sweater into pieces

• Let her little sister wear the sweater

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What natural resource is the boy wasting?

• Wind

• Water

• Electricity

• Toothpaste

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Which product comes from trees?

• A plastic bag

• A metal fence

• A baseball bat

• A computer screen

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Look at the picture of an energy plant. How might turning of the lights at home change the picture?

• Using more resources will make less noise pollution

• Using more resources will make less air pollution

• Conserving resources will make less noise pollution

• Conserving resources will make less air pollution

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A student recycles newspaper. The student is making an informed choice in the use of which natural resource?

• Coal

• Fish

• Trees

• Wind

Barb sorted three kinds of paper into piles for recycling. How should she compare the amounts of the different kinds of paper?

• Weigh each pile

• Weigh all the piles together

• Observe the size of each pile

• Observe the total volume of all the piles

What is one way to reduce the amount of paper you use?

• Recycle cans and bottles

• Bring cloth bags to the grocery store

• Recycle plastic bags

• Bring a reusable bottle to the water fountain

True or False

An example of a natural resource is air.

• True

• False

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Which suggestion tells a way to reuse a material?

• Recycle glass bottles

• Buy fewer paper products

• Buy things made with recycled paper

• Put a flower in an old glass bottle