Environmental Science Quiz

Which is a nonrenewable resource?

• animals

• soil

• trees

• water

Which is a renewable resource?

• wind

• metal

• plastic

• oil

Which can cause a harmful change to an ecosystem?

• conservation

• pollution

• recycling

• reusing

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Which activity conserves trees?

• driving cars less

• burning firewood

• recycling newspaper

• using less air conditioning

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Which of these human activities helps prevent pollution?

• building homes

• using less water

• mining mountaintops

• using fewer chemical fertilizers

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Using recycled materials to make new products is an example of what type of practice?

• modeling an experiment

• generating new raw material

• conservation of natural resources

• producing nonrenewable resources

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The Clarks hang their wet laundry to dry on an outdoor clothesline. They do not use their electric clothes dryer. Which best explains how the Clark family is conserving electricity?

• reducing use

• recycling waste

• reusing products

• renewing resources

What happens when people dump garbage in the ocean?

• air pollution

• land pollution

• noise pollution

• water pollution

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Oil is used in many different products. For example, beach umbrellas, hand lotions, and even clothing are all made from oil. If you use a product made from oil, what type of resource are you using?

• new

• green

• renewable

• nonrenewable

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Rhonda’s family conserves. What is conservation?

• using up natural resources

• saving resources by using them wisely

• putting harmful substances into the environment

• making fuels from the remains of once-living organisms

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