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Earth's resources review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

natural resource that can be replenished easily

a)

non-renewable

b)

green

c)

renewable

d)

naturally natural

2.

Careful management or preservation of the environment

a)

natural

b)

handling

c)

greening

d)

conservation

3.

Natural Resource that most of us depend on for electricity here in Gaithersburg

a)

coal

b)

uranium

c)

trees

d)

water

4.

Renewable energy sources

a)

sun, water, and natural gas

b)

sun, water, and wind

c)

water and natural gas

d)

all fossil fuels

5.

What natural resource do we use when we use paper?

a)

coal

b)

wind

c)

fish

d)

trees

6.

Smog is caused by this gas

a)

carbon monoxide

b)

oxygen

c)

helium

d)

carbon dioxide

7.

Fossil fuels are from

a)

decomposed dinosaurs

b)

microscopic plants and animals in sedimentary rocks

c)

the ocean

d)

none of the above

8.

Bacon is a problem because pigs are fed

a)

corn

b)

grass

c)

clover

d)

small fish

9.

characteristics of traditional plastics

a)

easy to make, not biodegradable, reusable

b)

easy to make, biodegradable, reusable

c)

biodegradable, recyclable

10.

characteristics of bio-plastics

a)

easy to make, not biodegradable, reusable

b)

easy to make, biodegradable, reusable

c)

difficult to find materials, not biodegradable

11.

materials we used to make our bio-plastics

a)

corn oil, oats, and water

b)

corn oil, corn pudding, and water

c)

corn starch, water, and gelatin

d)

corn starch, water and corn oil

12.

species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction

a)

threatened

b)

endangered

c)

dangerous

d)

extinct

13.

no longer in existence like the DODO bird

a)

threatened

b)

endangered

c)

extinct in the wild

d)

extinct

14.

Name of the website that has information about threatened and endangered species

a)

Green List

b)

Red List

c)

Endangered Species List

d)

World Wildlife Facts

15.

Three main kinds of habitat loss

a)

degradation, destruction, development

b)

degradation, fragmentation, dissolving

c)

fragmentation, destruction, degradation

d)

fragmentation, development, degradation

16.

Trees provide

a)

habitat

b)

food

c)

shade

d)

all of the above

17.

Trees provide

a)

oxygen

b)

shelter

c)

traditional plastic

d)

only oxygen and shelter

e)

oxygen, shelter, and traditional plastic

18.

Parking lots are bad for the environment because

a)

destroy habitats

b)

cause air pollution

c)

cause water pollution

d)

all of the choices

19.

precipitation that reaches the stream often with pollution and sediment in it

a)

runoff

b)

watershed

c)

storm drain

d)

ground water

20.

What is a watershed?

a)

all of the water in an area that drains to the same place

b)

all of the runoff and pollution in the area like the Chesapeake Bay

c)

area of land where all the surface water drains into the same body of water

d)

a small building with water in it