WorksheetsNatural Resources
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?
a)
It is a mineral.
b)
It can only be found underground.
c)
It can be used up faster than it can be replaced.
d)
It comes from sedimentary rock.
2.
Fossil fuels are created from_______________.
a)
dead plants and animals from millions of years ago.
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
coal, oil and natural gas
3.
Which of the following is NOT one of Earth's fossil fuels?
a)
Oil
b)
Coal
c)
Natural Gas
d)
minerals
4.
What is the common name for oil?
a)
gas
b)
petroleum
c)
coal
d)
dead animal
5.
How can we harness wind energy?
a)
Capture it with turbines that turn a generator.
b)
Capture it by building a dam and flowing water over it to turn a generator.
c)
Capture it by using a solar panel or cell.
d)
Put up a flag pole.
6.
How can we harness sunlight energy?
a)
Capture it with turbines that turn a generator.
b)
Capture it by building a dam and flowing water over it to turn a generator.
c)
Capture it by using a solar panel or cell.
d)
Build greenhouses.
7.
How can we harness water to turn it in to energy?
a)
Capture it with turbines that turn a generator.
b)
Capture it by building a dam and flowing water over it to turn a generator.
c)
Capture it by using a solar panel or cell.
d)
Capture it with large boats and nets.
8.
What is conservation of resources?
a)
not using fossil fuels at all
b)
using only recycled fossil fuels
c)
efficiently using only what you need to use
d)
littering
9.
How do solar cells support the need for energy?
a)
They convert electricity to solar power.
b)
The change solar energy into electricity.
c)
They convert natural gas to solar energy.
d)
They change wind and sunlight into solar energy.
10.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Oil?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
11.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Coal?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
12.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Natural Gas?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
13.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Water?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
14.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Trees?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
15.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Soil?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
16.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Sunlight?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
17.
Renewable or nonrenewable - Rocks and Minerals?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
18.
A detrimental human change to Earth or NOT?
a)
YES
b)
NO
19.
A detrimental human change to Earth or NOT?
a)
YES
b)
NO
20.
A detrimental human change to Earth or NOT?
a)
YES
b)
NO
21.
A detrimental human change to Earth or NOT?
a)
YES
b)
NO
22.
A detrimental human change to Earth or NOT?
a)
YES
b)
NO
23.
REVIEW - What is an example of erosion to Earth?
a)
when Earth's plates move and causes earthquakes
b)
when rain water moves soil down a mountain
c)
when wind picks up sand and smashes it into a nearby rock causing the rock to break
d)
volcanic eruption
24.
REVIEW - How does DEPOSITION change the surface of the Earth?
a)
by building up areas of Earth's surface.
b)
by causing earthquakes
c)
by making an area unfit for growing plants
d)
by destroying parts of Earth's surface
25.
This picture shows how we can harness_________________ to help conserve Earth's resources.
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
sunlight
d)
coal
26.
This picture shows how we can harness_________________ to help conserve Earth's resources.
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
sunlight
d)
coal
27.
This picture shows how we can harness_________________ to help conserve Earth's resources.
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
sunlight
d)
coal
28.
What does the word vital mean?
a)
mean
b)
ugly
c)
important or essential
d)
unnecessary
29.
What does conservation mean?
a)
applying to become a police office
b)
to protect something
c)
to destroy something
d)
going to jail for harming Earth
30.
What does detrimental mean?
a)
easy to use
b)
thinking out loud to yourself
c)
positive or good
d)
harmful or bad
31.
What does beneficial mean?
a)
bad or harmful
b)
helpful or good
c)
mining fossil fuels
d)
rejecting an idea
32.
Which definition describes nonrenewable resources?
a)
resources that humans use way faster than Earth can replenish them
b)
resources that Earth can replenish faster than humans can use them all
33.
Which definition describes renewable resources?
a)
resources that humans use way faster than Earth can replenish them
b)
resources that Earth can replenish faster than humans can use them all
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