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To Protect and Conserve

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most living things like plants and animals can grow to replace themselves even though it may happen slowly, so they are called

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

inexhaustible

d)

recycle

2.

Which of these resources can be recycled or used over and over again?

a)

coal

b)

aluminum

c)

petroleum

d)

salt

3.

What conservation method was begun by farmers long ago to keep soil from being eroded by wind and water?

a)

crop rotation

b)

recycling

c)

overgrazing

d)

terracing

4.

Which type of resource will probably never run out, no matter how much people use?

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

inexahustible

d)

recyclable

5.

Which of the following is a machine that is good for conservation of resources?

a)

the sun

b)

solar panel

c)

the sky

d)

the oil drilling pump

6.

Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" warned people about the dangers to the environment from farmers using

a)

tractors

b)

too much water

c)

pesticides

d)

crop rotation

7.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resources?

a)

coal

b)

sunlight

c)

salt

d)

trees

8.

Read this sentence: Thinking about ways to conserve the Earth's resources is important. In this sentence, the word conserve means

a)

use up

b)

spend

c)

save

d)

ignore

9.

______________ served under President Roosevelt and probably used the word conservation for protecting natural resources.

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Gifford Pinchot

c)

Fran Vashon

d)

Sharon Dalgleish

10.

Wrote the book, "Silent Spring" in 1962

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Gifford Pinchot

c)

Fran Vashon

d)

Sharon Dalgleish

11.

A type of resource that can replace itself once it gets used.

a)

inexhaustible

b)

renewable

c)

nonrenewable

d)

recyclable

12.

Which is an example of an inexhaustible resource?

a)

coal

b)

plants

c)

animals

d)

sun

13.

The practice of saving the Earth's resources and using them wisely.

a)

protection

b)

recyclable

c)

renewable

d)

conservation

14.

To use over and over again

a)

inexhaustible

b)

renewable

c)

nonrenewable

d)

recyclable

15.

The Earth is full of these useful things

a)

coal

b)

water

c)

resources

d)

recyclables

16.

A fancy word for oil

a)

castro

b)

jelly

c)

petroleum

d)

aluminum