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Core Concept 4: Resources, Land Use, Environment!

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A resource used up faster than it can be replaced; or not replaceable at all!

a)

Renewable resource

b)

Nonrenewable resource

2.

Resource that can be replaced quickly or that is in unlimited supply.

a)

Renewable resource

b)

Nonrenewable resource

3.

Deforestation is the removal of forests.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of these are NON-renewable?

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

Renewable

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Hydroelectric Energy

5.

Which is a fossil fuel?

a)

oil

b)

biomass (wood, other plant material)

c)

wind

d)

hydro

6.

What is a renewable resource?

a)

An object you can reuse

b)

An object you cannot reuse

c)

Fossil fuels

d)

Oil

7.
Do Renewable energy sources run out?
a)
Yes 
b)
No
8.

Oil is also known as

a)

Coal

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Renewable Resources

d)

Petroleum

9.

What is the best benefit to renewable resources?

a)

The are inexpensive

b)

They are always available

c)

They are expensive

d)

They create pollution

10.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
11.
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
12.
Oil is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
13.
Wind is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
14.

A side effect that helps or hurts someone not involved in the activity that caused it is a

a)

spillover effect

b)

laissez-faire

c)

collusion

d)

economy

15.

A useful material found in the environment

a)

products

b)

energy resource

c)

natural resource

16.

Which of these is nonrenewable?

a)

oil

b)

soil

c)

water

d)

animals

17.

_____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.

a)

land use

b)

colonization

c)

industrialization

d)

environmental change

18.

Pollution is considered a spillover because

a)

it is often caused by chemical spills

b)

the environment cannot absorb the pollutants

c)

it affects people not involved in the activity that caused the pollution

19.

What activity has changed our land & led to the growth of large cities?

a)

industrialization

b)

imports and exports

20.

Takes millions of years to form.

a)

hydroelectric

b)

renewable

c)

fossil fuels

21.

A solid, mined from the ground, made from ancient dead trees, and a nonrenewable resource

a)

natural gas

b)

coal

c)

plants

d)

water

22.

Which form of transportation below uses a renewable energy source?

a)

solar powered car

b)

coal powered steam train

c)

natural gas car

d)

gasoline truck

23.

What is the factory in this cartoon causing?

a)

air and water pollution

b)

good fishing for recreation

c)

plentiful animals in the river

d)

purified drinking water

24.

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

a)

The government reimburses you if you put solar panels on a house

b)

Solar energy is cheaper than fossil fuels

c)

The sun's energy will not run out for billions of years

25.

Most energy generated in the U.S. is produced by ______ resources

a)

non-renewable

b)

renewable

26.

Today, most coal is used to:

a)

power steamships and steam trains

b)

heat homes and businesses

c)

produce electricity

d)

make iron and steel

27.

Colonization is

a)

when people move somewhere but return to their home country

b)

when a group moves to a new place and sets up a new government

c)

when trade relationships are formed between countries

28.

Based on the fact Spanish and Portuguese are popular in South America, which 2 European countries likely colonized most of South America?

a)

France & England

b)

Spain & the United States

c)

Spain & Portugal

d)

Spain & France

29.

COLONIZATION TRIVIA: What language do most Brazilians speak, due to their history of colonization?

a)

French (colonized by France)

b)

Spanish (colonized by Spain)

c)

Portuguese (colonized by Portugal)

d)

English (colonized by the British)

30.
Most water pollution is the result of
a)
human activities.
b)
drought.
c)
volcanic eruptions.
d)
storms.
31.

What is NOT a way to cause pollution

a)

picking up litter

b)

spilling oil in the river

c)

throwing trash on the ground

d)

driving a gas-powered car

32.

Trash on the ground is a type of pollution called ___.

a)

oil slick

b)

smog

c)

litter

33.

COLONIZATION TRIVIA: What did Christopher Columbus name the people he met in the "New World" in 1492?

a)

Indians

b)

Americans

c)

Pueblos

34.

The job of an oil refinery is to

a)

transport the oil from the drill site

b)

separate oil into various types of fuel & products

35.

What word means "located in the countryside"?

a)

rural

b)

urban

36.

What word means "located in cities and towns?"

a)

suburban

b)

urban

c)

rural

37.

You're more likely to find farm animals here.

a)

rural

b)

urban

38.

Because of colonization, who brough the English language to a big part of North America

a)

people from France

b)

people from Spain

c)

people from Great Britain

39.

Because of colonization, who brought the Spanish language to Mexico and most of South America?

a)

people from France

b)

people from Spain

c)

people from Great Britain

40.

Species of animals are renewable, unless they're killed off fast than they can be "renewed", causing exinction!

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Petroleum is oil.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

COLONIZATION: In Australia, who were the colonized people ?

a)

the British

b)

the Aborigines

43.

COLONIZATION: In Australia, who were the colonizing people ?

a)

the British

b)

the Aborigines

44.

INDUSTRIALIZATION is

a)

using machines instead of hand-power

b)

using hand-power instead of machine-power