Natural Resources

Why is it important to conserve water resources?

• Conserving water has no impact on future generations or ecosystems.

• Water is a finite resource and essential for all forms of life. Conserving water helps to ensure its availability for future generations and to protect ecosystems. Additionally, water conservation can reduce energy consumption and save money.

• Water is an infinite resource and will never run out.

• Water conservation has no effect on energy consumption or saving money.

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What are some examples of forest resources?

• cars, buildings, computers

• timber, firewood, medicinal plants, fruits, nuts, and wildlife

• water, rocks, sand

• books, pencils, paper

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Name a renewable resource that comes from forests.

• Wood

• Natural gas

• Oil

• Coal

How are natural resources important to the environment?

• They help you live.

• They provide heat, light, power, water, and food.

• They are video games.

• They are fun to play with.

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What are some examples of water resources?

• seas, swamps, springs, dams

• streams, puddles, cisterns, aqueducts

• oceans, ponds, wells, canals

• rivers, lakes, groundwater, reservoirs

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Natural resources are things from nature that we use. You can’t live a single day without using hundreds of Earth’s resources.

• True

• False

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A scientist learns that an important medicine can be made from the bark of a rare tree. This discovery will MOST LIKELY change the way people think about —

• why forests should be conserved

• how plants make their food

• what plants need to live

• how old a tree can be

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Humans use many natural resources. Which natural resource is used for transportation?

• Cotton

• Oil/Gasoline

• Cows

• Trees

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Water is a natural resource most living things need to survive. What is one way water can be conserved?

• Wash our cars every week.

• Water our lawns every day.

• Take shorter showers.

• Have pools in our backyards.

Which of the following DOES NOT provide the best evidence for why natural resources should be conserved?

• Some natural resources are nonrenewable and are not able to be easily replaced. 

• Humans use natural resources in agriculture, transportation, construction and making products.

• Humans use man-made materials that do not use natural resources. 

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