WorksheetsNatural Resources
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a natural resource?
a)
Natural Resources are supplies that humans provides.
b)
Artificial Resources are supplies that nature provides.
c)
Natural Resources are supplies that Mr. Lausch provides.
d)
Natural Resources are supplies that nature provides.
2.
What is an example of a natural resource?
a)
water
b)
calculator
c)
metal
d)
wood
3.
Which one is not a natural resource?
a)
Water
b)
Plants
c)
Play dough
d)
Air
4.
How could you conserve a renewable resource?
a)
Do not waste water
b)
Melt aluminum cans to make new ones.
c)
The graphite made from a non-renewable resource .
5.
We use pencils each day in class. Which part is made from a renewable material?
a)
The eraser, made from fossil fuel.
b)
The shaft made from wood.
c)
The graphite made from a non-renewable resource.
d)
The ferrule, made from metal.
6.
Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source?
a)
solar powered car
b)
coal powered steam train
c)
natural gas car
d)
gasoline truck
7.
Which of the following is a resource that CAN be reused?
a)
Oil
b)
Wind
c)
Gas
d)
Coal
8.
Why do we say fossil fuels (like coal and oil) are nonrenewable?
a)
They are underground.
b)
We heat them up in a factory.
c)
Dinosaurs made them.
d)
They take many years to form.
9.
The class brainstormed nonrenewable resources. Which list is correct?
a)
coal, minerals, gold, oil
b)
trees, wind, animals, water
c)
diamonds, ice, plastic, tomatoes
d)
oil, natural gas, trees, silver
10.
A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.
a)
rill
b)
gully
c)
stream channel
d)
watershed
11.
Which is not a way to conserve resources.
a)
recycle paper
b)
lower your thermostate in winter to use less heat
c)
car pool or use your bicycle
d)
quit eating broccoli and spinach
12.
A resource that can be easily replaced.
a)
renewable
b)
alternative
c)
nonrenewable
13.
A resource not easily replaced.
a)
nonrenewable
b)
renewable
c)
alternative
14.
Any useful material found in nature.
a)
natural
b)
alternative
c)
renewable
d)
nonrenewable
15.
Preserving and protecting the natural environment is called _____________.
a)
depletion
b)
conservation
c)
sustainability
d)
renewable
16.
Animals are what type of resource?
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
17.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Steam
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
18.
Which of these can be used to complete the chart
a)
Wind
b)
Oil
c)
Wood
d)
Grain
19.
Which of the following is not a man-made resource?
a)
a pen
b)
a box of goldfish
c)
a horse
d)
a pan
20.
What is a watershed?
a)
Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of water
b)
the shape of the land determined by elevation
c)
A natural stream of water of considerable volume
d)
a river and all its tributaries
21.
Pollutants from a factory that enter the water in a watershed will have a negative effect on which of the following?
a)
Available space for crops
b)
Local pond life
c)
Rainfall rates
d)
Direction of river flow
22.
__________ are areas of high elevation (like mountains) that separate watersheds.
a)
River Systems
b)
Tributaries
c)
Flood Plains
d)
Divide
23.
This state is NOT part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
New Jersey
c)
West Virginia
24.
_______ is NOT one of the watersheds in the state of Virginia.
a)
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
b)
Delaware Bay Watershed
c)
Mississippi River Watershed
d)
North Carolina Sounds Watershed
25.
This state IS a part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
a)
Virginia
b)
New Jersey
c)
North Carolina
d)
Ohio
26.
Which of the following could be a watershed?
a)
The park
b)
Your neighborhood
c)
Farms
d)
All of the above
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