WorksheetsBiology 6.2 - Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two types of resources?
a)
Renewable and Non-renewable
b)
Wearable and Non-wearable
c)
Usable and Non-usable
d)
Useful and Non-useful
2.
Renewable resources are unlimited.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
A nonrenewable resource can be replenished by natural processes.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Human activities affect the supply and quality of resources including . . .
a)
land
b)
air
c)
water
d)
all of these
5.
Improper use of land resources, such as overgrazing, over-farming, an mismanagement of water resources can lead to . . .
a)
desertification
b)
dessertification
c)
acid rain
d)
eutrophication
6.
Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
a)
wind
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
fossil fuels
7.
Which of the following is not an effect of deforestation?
a)
global warming
b)
decreased productivity of the ecosystem
c)
soil erosion
d)
increased ground-water levels
8.
The concept of using natural resources at a rate that does not deplete them is called . . .
a)
conservation
b)
sustainable use
c)
reforestation
d)
successful use
9.
What is an example of an environmental pollutant?
a)
oil spills
b)
pesticides
c)
acidic rain
d)
all of these
10.
Toxic chemicals in oil wastes that enter ground water or topsoil could have adverse effects on plant life or contaminate well water and be carried to streams, lakes and oceans.
a)
True
b)
False
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