Understanding Natural Resources

What are natural resources?

• Services provided by companies

• Items bought from stores

• Products made in factories

• Things people use that come from the environment

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

• Air

• Coal

• Water

• Trees

What makes a resource renewable?

• It can be used only once

• It is replaced by nature within a very short period of time

• It exists in unlimited quantities

• It is made by humans

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Which of the following is considered a renewable resource?

• Animals

• Minerals

• Natural gas

• Oil

How is wind energy created?

• By mining underground

• Through the use of batteries

• From solar heating of the Earth

• By burning fossil fuels

What process replenishes water in nature?

• Mining

• Photosynthesis

• Filtration

• The water cycle

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What is the role of trees in the carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle?

• They have no role

• They produce carbon dioxide

• They absorb carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen

• They consume oxygen

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What is geothermal energy?

• Energy from moving water

• Energy from the sun

• Energy from plants

• Energy from inside the Earth

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What is biomass energy?

• Energy from wind

• Energy from plant or animal waste

• Energy from water

• Energy from the sun

Why are fossil fuels considered non-renewable?

• They can be replenished quickly

• They are harmful to the environment

• They are being replaced as quickly as they are used

• They are not being replaced as quickly as they are depleted

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