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3.7C Resources Science Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Soil is an important resource. Which of these describes a way people use soil?

a)

A People use soil to make water.

b)

B People use soil as a fuel to heat their homes.

c)

C People use soil to grow plants to eat.

d)

D People use soil to wash their hands.

2.

Why is paper considered a man made resource?

a)

A It comes from trees.

b)

B It is not changed by people to be used.

c)

C It is found on the Earth.

d)

D People must change wood (a natural resource) to use as paper.

3.

Wood is useful for making furniture because it is all of the following EXCEPT -

a)

A easily cut

b)

B lightweight

c)

C strong

d)

D magnetic

4.

Which of the following is a characteristic that makes a material useful for building homes?

a)

A Very strong

b)

B Easily bent

c)

C Highly flammable

d)

D Absorbs water

5.

Cotton is useful in making clothes because cotton can be -

a)

A heated to high temperatures

b)

B spun to make thread

c)

C melted very quickly

d)

D buried deep underground

6.

Conserving natural resources is important. All of the following ways conserve resources

EXCEPT -

a)

A using less packaging

b)

B recycling a glass jar

c)

C throwing away trash

d)

D reusing a shoebox

7.

7 What characteristic of coal and oil makes them useful as sources of energy? Coal and oil -

a)

A take millions of years to develop

b)

B can be burned to release heat

c)

C are found under the surface of Earth

d)

D release pollution when they are used

8.
Natural Resources are
a)
Materials that are found on Earth that people use. 
b)
Rocks that contain metal
c)
Resources that are continually being replaced and will not run out.
d)
Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out. 
9.
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
10.
a)
85.7%
b)
7.5%
c)
44.9%
d)
14.3%
11.
Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of his home?
a)
air
b)
water
c)
wind
d)
sunlight
12.
Which of the following is a major cause of air pollution?
a)
burning fossil fuels
b)
dumping waste in landfills
c)
using wind and solar energy
d)
releasing waste into streams
13.

___________ means to make new products from old or used objects.

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Research

14.

Which action does NOT conserve resources?

a)

Walking to school.

b)

Reusing old grocery bags.

c)

Using a hose to clean leaves off a driveway.

d)

Turning off the lights when you leave the room.

15.

___________ means to make new products from old or used objects.

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Research

16.

Which of these is NOT one of Earth's natural resources?

a)

Coal

b)

Plastic

c)

Silver

d)

Wood

17.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

18.

Which of these resources can never be used up?

a)

Wind

b)

Soil

c)

Aluminum

d)

Gold

19.

Which of the following are manmade resources? Check all that apply.

a)

rug

b)

rake

c)

tree

d)

fish

e)

fishing pole

20.

When we conserve natural resources, we are doing things to ____________ them.

a)

pollute

b)

conserve

c)

protect

d)

natural

21.

Which of the following are natural resources? Choose all that apply.

a)

Iron

b)

Copper

c)

Picnic Blankets

d)

Chickens

e)

Bicycles

22.

Recycling, turning off lights, and planting new trees are all ways we can ____________ natural resources.

a)

Buy

b)

Pollute

c)

Conserve

d)

Living

23.

Which of the following are manmade resources? Check all that apply.

a)

Jeans

b)

Apples

c)

Milk

d)

Soap

e)

Wood

24.

True or False? The smoke and gas from cars and factories do not pollute our air because they are helpful to our environment.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which of these forms of transportation conserves the most amount of energy?

a)

cars

b)

buses

c)

bicycles

d)

trains

26.

What is conservation?

a)

Saving natural resources.

b)

Watching television throughout the day.

c)

Using natural and human resources.

d)

Leaving the watering running.

27.

What is one way people help the environment?

a)

building new cities

b)

tearing down a forest

c)

throwing away plastic

d)

picking up litter

28.

Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve resources?

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Remind

29.

To reduce the use of plastic bags is to ...

a)

Use less plastic bags.

b)

Use more plastic bags.

c)

Use the same amount.

d)

None of the above.

30.

What are we doing to conserve when we take short showers?

a)

Recycling water

b)

Reusing water

c)

Reducing the amount of water used

31.

What are we doing when we turn off the fan and the lights when we leave the room.

a)

We are REDUCING are use of electricity.

b)

We are RECYCLING making electricity into something new.

c)

We are REUSING the electricity by using it again in a new way.

32.

Choose the list with only things I can recycle.

a)

Soda cans, paper, banana peels

b)

Glass jars, cardboard boxes, flowers

c)

Soda cans, glass jars, newspaper

d)

Newspaper, leaves, cardboard boxes

e)

Glass jars, newspaper, old clothes

33.

Conserving natural resources is important. All of the following are ways to conserve resources EXCEPT -

a)

using a lunch kit

b)

recycling a glass jar

c)

using plastic bags once and throwing away

d)

reusing a shoebox for a project

34.
What is a natural resource? 
a)
something you buy
b)
something you make
c)
something found in nature you use
35.
Which is an example of a natural resource? 
a)
table
b)
water
c)
video game
d)
marker
36.
Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?
a)
recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
b)
limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving
c)
using rechargeable batteries
d)
all of the above are good conservation practices
37.

Which of the following is an example of a way that natural resources can be conserved?

a)

recycling aluminum cans

b)

buying a new bike every year

c)

using paper bags each day to carry your lunch

d)

using paper plates instead of real dishes

38.

Reece's family conserves. What is conservation?

a)

picking up litter

b)

using up natural resources

c)

saving resources by using them wisely

39.
People use cotton and wool for what?
a)
to make gasoline
b)
to make food
c)
to make electricity
d)
to make clothing
40.

Making a swing out of an old tire is a way to conserve resources.

a)

true

b)

false

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