U2M2L1 Review

Kylie has made a list of nonrenewable natural resources. Which two resources do not belong on her list?

• sunlight, wind

• coal, oil

• natural gas, oil

Which is the best explanation for how renewable resources differ from nonrenewable resources?

• Renewable resources are found in nature. Nonrenewable resources are made by humans.

• Nonrenewable resources can be replaced as quickly as people use them. Renewable resources are not made fast enough to replace what is used.

• Renewable resources can be replaced as quickly as people use them. Nonrenewable resources are not made fast enough to replace what is used.

• Nonrenewable resources are found in nature. Renewable resources are made by humans.

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

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What is a disadvantage of using non-renewable resources?

• They have a large carbon footprint.

• They can all be used up over time.

• They can lead to global warming.

• All of these.

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Natural resources are divided into two groups. Which choice best names these groups?

• renewable and nonrenewable

• fossil fuels and solar

• hydroelectric and geothermal

• wind and nuclear

What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that cannot be replaced quickly

The formation of fossil fuels takes

• millions of years

• a few days

• about the same amount of time as an average human lives

• place in factories

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Is the resource renewable or non-renewable: sun

• renewable
• non-renewable

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Using public transportation, like trains and buses, rather than cars helps conserve nonrenewable resources because public transportation -

• requires the removal of trees to make roads and tracks

• needs more water to maintain than the same number of cars

• uses less fossil fuels to move people from place to place

• involves using much more paper for printed materials

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Using public transportation, like trains and buses, rather than cars helps conserve nonrenewable resources because public transportation -

• requires the removal of trees to make roads and tracks

• needs more water to maintain than the same number of cars

• uses less fossil fuels to move people from place to place

• involves using much more paper for printed materials

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