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Natural Resources/ 7 R's of Sustainability Check In

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

a)

Energy

b)

Food

c)

Pollution

d)

Natural Resource

2.

Is solar energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

3.

Are forests renewable or nonrenewable resources?

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

4.

Are fossil fuel renewable or nonrenewable resources

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

5.

Resources that can be replenished quickly are.....

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

6.

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

a)

Natural gas (methane)

b)

oil

c)

wood

d)

coal

7.

which resource is nonrenewable?

a)

mineral

b)

wind

c)

solar

d)

hydroelectric (water)

8.

which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil fuel?

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

minerals

d)

natural gas

9.

Resources that CAN be replaced when they are used are called?

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

10.

Resources that CANNOT be replaced when they are used are called?

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

11.

Using less water is an example of.......

a)

Conserving

b)

Importing

c)

Polluting

d)

Recycling

12.

Most of our trash ends up in......

a)

the water

b)

landfills

c)

pollutions

d)

chemicals

13.

The first R of sustainability is.....

a)

Refuse

b)

Rethink

c)

Rot

d)

Reuse

14.

The last R of sustainability is....

a)

Refuse

b)

Rethink

c)

Rot

d)

Reuse

15.

This R stands for all the waste that goes into blue bins (or green bins)

a)

Reduce

b)

Recycle

c)

Rot

d)

Rethink

16.

Just say no, I will ........ single use plastics

a)

Rethink

b)

Refuse

c)

Reduce

d)

Rot

17.

Transform stuff we'd normally throw away into something cool and useful

a)

Rethink

b)

Reduce

c)

Rot

d)

Repurpose

18.

Transform organic waste (food scrapes and yard clippings) into nutrient rich soil

a)

Rethink

b)

Refuse

c)

Reuse

d)

Rot

19.

What is the correct order of the 7 R's of sustainability?

a)

Rot, Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink

b)

Rethink, Reuse, Reduce, Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle, Rot

c)

Rethink, Rot, Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, Reuse Reduce

20.

Stop and think: do we really need that box of individually wrapped snacks?

a)

Rethink

b)

Refuse

c)

Repurpose

d)

Rot