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Natural Resources 3.0

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?
a)
Water
b)
Animals
c)
Natural gas
d)
Wind
2.
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...
a)
they are used to produce heat
b)
they take a long time to form
c)
they can be found underground
3.
What does conserving resources mean?
a)
Use as much of the resources as you can
b)
Only use the resources at school
c)
Protecting the resource so it does not run out
4.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
5.
Diamonds and other minerals
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
6.
The three R's stand for:
a)
Rebuild, Reconstruct, Reuse
b)
Red, Reduce, Rainbows
c)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
7.

a natural resources that cannot be replaced quickly or in our lifetime

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Non-Renewable Resource

8.
Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?
a)
Water
b)
Animals
c)
Natural gas
d)
Wind
9.
All of these resources are renewable EXCEPT:
a)
Oxygen
b)
Crude Oil
c)
Ice
d)
Corn
10.
Natural resources are...
a)
something found in nature that is used by people. 
b)
things you look at in nature. 
c)
cool landforms that people go to visit. 
d)
resources that we have a lot of. 
11.
Which one is NOT a source of energy? 
a)
coal
b)
natural gas
c)
rain
d)
the sun
12.
An example of a natural resource is...
a)
wood. 
b)
crayons. 
c)
markers. 
13.
When the wind is used to make energy, it is called...
a)
wind energy.
b)
windmills.
c)
windy days.
d)
free energy!
14.
Using the sun to make electricity...
a)
is called solar energy.
b)
is an easy way to make electricity. 
c)
should be done by everyone.
d)
is a free way to make electricity. 
15.
One disadvantage of coal energy is...
a)
it's cheap.
b)
it's a fossil fuel that we will run out of someday. 
c)
it's easy to find.
d)
dinosaurs made lots of it. 
16.
Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.
a)
energy
b)
pollution
c)
food
d)
natural resource
17.
Which are ways we use fossil fuels?
a)
eating and drinking
b)
drinking and bathing
c)
paper and building
d)
cars and heat
18.
Which is a way we can protect our natural resources?
a)
litter
b)
recycle
c)
pollute
d)
contaminate
19.
When we burn natural gas, it produces _______.
a)
soil
b)
food
c)
air
d)
heat
20.
To protect natural resources, we must _______ them by not wasting them.
a)
conserve
b)
dispose
c)
stop
d)
hide
21.
Who uses natural resources?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
people
d)
all of the above