WorksheetsCore Concept 4: Resources, Land Use, Environment!
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
A resource used up faster than it can be replaced; or not replaceable at all!
Renewable resource
Nonrenewable resource
Resource that can be replaced quickly or that is in unlimited supply.
Renewable resource
Nonrenewable resource
Deforestation is the removal of forests.
True
False
Which of these are NON-renewable?
Fossil Fuels
Renewable
Solar Energy
Hydroelectric Energy
Which is a fossil fuel?
oil
biomass (wood, other plant material)
wind
hydro
What is a renewable resource?
An object you can reuse
An object you cannot reuse
Fossil fuels
Oil
Oil is also known as
Coal
Geothermal Energy
Renewable Resources
Petroleum
What is the best benefit to renewable resources?
The are inexpensive
They are always available
They are expensive
They create pollution
A side effect that helps or hurts someone not involved in the activity that caused it is a
spillover effect
laissez-faire
collusion
economy
A useful material found in the environment
products
energy resource
natural resource
Which of these is nonrenewable?
oil
soil
water
animals
_____is the movement of new settlers and their culture into a new area.
...like the Europeans moving into North America and pushing aside the Native Americans.
land use
colonization
industrialization
environmental change
Pollution is considered a spillover because
it is often caused by chemical spills
the environment cannot absorb the pollutants
it affects people not involved in the activity that caused the pollution
What activity has changed our land & led to the growth of large cities?
industrialization
imports and exports
Takes millions of years to form.
hydroelectric
renewable
fossil fuels
A solid, mined from the ground, made from ancient dead trees, and a nonrenewable resource
natural gas
coal
plants
water
Which form of transportation below uses a renewable energy source?
solar powered car
coal powered steam train
natural gas car
gasoline truck
What is the factory in this cartoon causing?
air and water pollution
good fishing for recreation
plentiful animals in the river
purified drinking water
Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?
The government reimburses you if you put solar panels on a house
Solar energy is cheaper than fossil fuels
The sun's energy will not run out for billions of years
Most energy generated in the U.S. is produced by ______ resources
non-renewable
renewable
Today, most coal is used to:
power steamships and steam trains
heat homes and businesses
produce electricity
make iron and steel
Colonization is
when people move somewhere but return to their home country
when a group moves to a new place and sets up a new government
when trade relationships are formed between countries
Based on the fact Spanish and Portuguese are popular in South America, which 2 European countries likely colonized most of South America?
France & England
Spain & the United States
Spain & Portugal
Spain & France
COLONIZATION TRIVIA: What language do most Brazilians speak, due to their history of colonization?
French (colonized by France)
Spanish (colonized by Spain)
Portuguese (colonized by Portugal)
English (colonized by the British)
What is NOT a way to cause pollution
picking up litter
spilling oil in the river
throwing trash on the ground
driving a gas-powered car
Trash on the ground is a type of pollution called ___.
oil slick
smog
litter
COLONIZATION TRIVIA: What did Christopher Columbus name the people he met in the "New World" in 1492?
Indians
Americans
Pueblos
The job of an oil refinery is to
transport the oil from the drill site
separate oil into various types of fuel & products
What word means "located in the countryside"?
rural
urban
What word means "located in cities and towns?"
suburban
urban
rural
You're more likely to find farm animals here.
rural
urban
Because of colonization, who brough the English language to a big part of North America
people from France
people from Spain
people from Great Britain
Because of colonization, who brought the Spanish language to Mexico and most of South America?
people from France
people from Spain
people from Great Britain
Species of animals are renewable, unless they're killed off fast than they can be "renewed", causing exinction!
True
False
Petroleum is oil.
True
False
COLONIZATION: In Australia, who were the colonized people ?
the British
the Aborigines
COLONIZATION: In Australia, who were the colonizing people ?
the British
the Aborigines
INDUSTRIALIZATION is
using machines instead of hand-power
using hand-power instead of machine-power
