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WorksheetsNatural Resources Test (Mrs. Washington’s 6th Grade)
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins
The Sun is the source of most energy on Earth.
How does population growth affect natural resources?
The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.
The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.
The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...
they are used to produce heat.
they take a long time to form.
they can be found underground.
The pictures show a forest before and after deforestation, a process where many trees are cut down.
Which of the following best explains why trees are called a renewable resources?
If a tree is cut down, a new tree can be planted in its place.
If a tree is cut down, the animals that depended on the tree will help the tree grow back.
Only humans use trees, so tree populations will never fall below the number that are needed.
Only paper is made from trees, so the tree population will never run out.
Natural resources may be categorized as either _____________ or ________________
renewable or nonrenewable
living or non-living
dead or alive
available or nonavailable
The protection and wise use of resources is called
smelting
leaching
refining
conservation
stewardship
Energy from the sun is known as.........
hydroelectric energy
geothermal energy
solar energy
wind energy
Takes millions of years to form.
hydroelectric
renewable
solar
fossil fuels
Oil, cotton, and beef(cows) are all natural resources.
True
False
Coal comes from...
from animals that died millions of years ago.
from plants that died millions of years ago.
A factory
Burning fossil fuels
We can get energy from coal by...
Breaking it down
Digging it up
Burning it
Rubbing it together
_________ comes from tiny animals that died in the ocean millions of years ago.
Natural gas
Oil
Gasoline
Coal
Some renewable and non-renewable resources can hurt the environment. Which statement is true?
Burning wood can pollute our atmosphere
Burning coal releases gases and smoke into the atmosphere.
Oil spills in the ocean can affect ships.
Wind energy can cause harm to plants.
True or false: Nonrenewable resources can be used over and over.
True
False
Natural resources form in nature. Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?
oil
coal
plastic
water
What are the advantages of fossil fuels?
One advantage of solar and wind power over fossil fuels is that
wind and solar are presently much less expensive than fossil fuels.
wind and solar come from natural processes and fossil fuels do not.
wind and solar are nonrenewable resources and fossil fuel are renewable.
wind and solar are continuously renewable and fossil fuels take millions of years to be formed.
What is one ADVANTAGE of using renewable resources?
They will never run out.
They are more expensive.
They are bad for the environment.
Trees are renewable resources.
True
False
Coal is a renewable resource.
True
False
Wind is a renewable resource.
True
False
Oil is a renewable resource.
True
False
Rocks are renewable resources.
True
False
Water is a renewable resource.
True
False
The sun is a renewable resource.
True
False
Which is NOT true about renewable resources
There is an never-ending supply of renewable resources.
All renewable resources can be used to keep the earth cleaner.
Using renewable resources can keep the environment more healthy.
All renewable resources are bad for the environment.
What source of energy can make a pinwheel spin?
wind
water
heat
light
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
Renewable Energy Resource
Non-Renewable Energy Resource
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
Renewable Energy Resource
Non-renewable Energy Resource
What are the 3 fossil fuels?
coal, oil, uranium
coal, hydroelectric, oil
natural gas, oil, coal
What cause air pollution ?
Factories produce too much waste water and oil.
Factories produce too much smoke.
What cause land pollution?
People throw too much rubbish in the sea.
People throw too much rubbish everywhere.
People reduce making rubbish.
People reuse things.
What cause noise pollution?
People take public transport.
People turn down TV.
The traffic makes too much noise.
The traffic makes too many fumes.
What cause water pollution?
People dump things in the countryside.
Factories produce too much waste water and oil.
Factories produce good products.
Factories produce too much smoke.
This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
What do we call the material that comes from rocks that have been broken down into smaller pieces. This usually results from weathering.
texture
weathering
sediment
erosion
What causes igneous rocks to form
animal and plant remains aka fossils
cooling magma, lava, and pressure
compaction of sediment
cementation or hardening of minerals
sediment
Geologists are scientists that study _______.
rocks
lakes
rivers
animals
Magma is molten rock, a material under the earths surface.
True
False
By what process are sediments moved?
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
All except one are examples of erosion. Which one is NOT an example of erosion?
Wind
Water
Ice
Photosynthesis
A rock never stops changing.
True
False
Which one does not occur within the rock cycle?
Melting
Heat and pressure
Gravity
Weathering
Soil comes from dirt which comes from ___________.
Jupiter
broken down rocks
plants that manufacture it
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8. Rocks are always changing, and are part of something we call the ________.
mother earth
planetary equilibrium
rock cycle
food chain
How long as the rock cycle been going on?
centuries
millions of years
thousands of years
decades
_________ is the hardest substance known to man.
carbon
diamond
mercury
iron
This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
