Natural Resources Quiz

What are natural resources?

• Materials produced by human industry

• Elements found in technology devices

• Materials we take from nature

• Artificially created products

Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Oil

• Fish

• Gold

What characterizes non-renewable resources?

• They can reproduce themselves quickly

• They replace themselves so slowly that what we have now is all that is available

• They are man-made

• They are unlimited in nature

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• Water

• Diamonds

• Plastic

• Soil

What are flow resources commonly used for in nature?

• To create pollution

• To generate energy

• To build structures

• To manufacture goods

Which industry sector involves extracting resources like minerals and oil?

• Secondary industry

• Tertiary industry

• Quaternary industry

• Primary industry

What percentage of jobs in Canada are found in the primary sector?

• About 5%

• About 15%

• About 25%

• About 35%

Which of the following is an example of a secondary industry?

• A brewery

• A farm

• A school

• A software company

What unique method do cranberry farmers use to harvest their crop?

• By drying the fields

• By using pesticides

• By flooding the fields

• By hand-picking each cranberry

What percentage of jobs in Canada are found in the Tertiary sector?

• 17%

• 78%

• 80%

• 65%