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Unit 6 lesson 1 What are some natural resources? G3 part2

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best describes how this boy is conserving resources?

a)

A. recycling

b)

B. reducing

c)

C. renewing

d)

D. reusing

2.

What is the best name for Group 1?

a)

A. fossil fuels

b)

B. natural resources

c)

C. products

d)

D. renewable resources

3.

Mrs. Chan recycles paper. Which resource does she conserve?

a)

A. coal

b)

B. fish

c)

C. trees

d)

D. wind

4.

Things can be recycled instead of being thrown away. Which tells about a resource being recycled?

a)

A. a refillable water bottle is used many times

b)

B. both sides of a piece of paper are used

c)

C. glass from a bottle is made into a vase

d)

D. lights are turned off when people leave a room

5.

Some resources are nonrenewable. Which tells about all nonrenewable resources?

a)

A. They are fossil fuels.

b)

B. They can be used up.

c)

C. They must be mined.

d)

D. They are used for fuels.

6.

Which is something that comes from nature that people can use?

a)

A. conservation

b)

B. fuel

c)

C. a natural resource

d)

D. pollution

7.

Rhonda’s family conserves. What is conservation?

a)

A. putting harmful substances into the environment

b)

B. using up natural resources

c)

C. saving resources by using them wisely

d)

D. making fuels from the remains of once-living organisms

8.

What is a renewable resource?

a)

A. a resource that can be used up

b)

B. a resource that can be replaced easily

c)

C. something in nature that people can use

d)

D. harmful substances in the environment

9.

What happens when people dump garbage in the ocean?

a)

A. air pollution

b)

B. land pollution

c)

C. noise pollution

d)

D. water pollution

10.

People have used cotton and wool for a long time. How do people use cotton and wool?

a)

A. to make gasoline

b)

B. to make food

c)

C. to make electricity

d)

D. to make clothing

11.

Jamal wanted to explain how reducing, reusing and recycling are similar. Which explanation should he use?

a)

A. In all three more resources are used.

b)

B. In all three new products are made.

c)

C. In all three resources are conserved.

d)

D. In all three products are washed to use again.

12.

Which type of pollution is this?

a)

A. air pollution

b)

B. land pollution

c)

C. noise pollution

d)

D. water pollution

13.

Look at this data table.


How Long Materials Take to Rot Away in a Landfill

Which material is most harmful to the environment?

a)

A. glass

b)

B. newspaper

c)

C. rope

d)

D. tin

14.

Compare what it means to reduce using resources and to reuse resources. Give an example of each.

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