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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Resources that we find in nature and are used without much modification are called:

a)

Human resources

b)

Natural resources

c)

Renewable resources

d)

Human made resources

2.

Natural resources are classified into various types on the basis of: (SELECT the incorrect one)

a)

Distribution

b)

Development

c)

Origin

d)

Destruction

3.

All non-living things are known as:

a)

Biotic resource

b)

Exhaustible resource

c)

Abiotic resource

d)

Human resource

4.

Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs is a:

a)

Thing

b)

value

c)

Resource

d)

Utility

5.

Resources which can be renewed or reproduced are known as:

a)

Exhaustible resource

b)

Renewable resource

c)

Non-renewable resource

d)

Useful resource

6.

________ resources refer to the number and ability of the people. E.g: knowledge, skill, etc.

a)

Biotic

b)

Human made

c)

Human

d)

Abiotic

7.

A thing becomes a resource when it's ______ has been identified.

a)

character

b)

area

c)

utility

d)

availability

8.

Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future is called:

a)

Resource conservation

b)

Sustainable development

c)

Resource development

d)

Sustainable conservation

9.

___________ resources are found in a region but have not been utilized, might be because of the lack of technology.

a)

Potential

b)

Localized

c)

Actual

d)

Ubiquitous

10.

Using resources carefully, judicially & giving them time to get renewed is called:

a)

Resource development

b)

Sustainable development

c)

Resource conservation

d)

Sustainable conservation

11.
Which one of these is nonrenewable?
a)
coal
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
geothermal
12.

All the following is classified as a nonrenewable resource, BUT...

a)

oil

b)

natural gas

c)

water

d)

coal

13.

A resource is renewable because...

a)

it cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

b)

it can be recycled.

c)

it can easily be replaced as it is used.

d)

it is available in limited supplies.

14.

A resource is nonrenewable because...

a)

it cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

b)

it can be recycled.

c)

it can easily be replaced as it is used.

d)

it is available in limited supplies.

15.

Our main reasons for using fossil fuels are

a)

Cheap

b)

Expensive

c)

Convenient

d)

Clean

e)

Inconvenient

16.

Our main reason to use renewable resources are

a)

Cheap

b)

Expensive

c)

Convenient

d)

Clean

e)

Limitless supply

17.
People depend on ocean organisms for __________________.
a)
minerals
b)
fuels
c)
food and water
d)
All of these choices
18.
Using resources carefully and not wasting them is
a)
recycling
b)
conservation
c)
scientific method
d)
hydroponics
19.

What is a natural resource

a)

a material or substance that comes from the earth

b)

a material or substance that provides humans with energy or food

c)

a material or substance that needs to be conserved

20.

A large population of squirrels lives in a forest. In the last 50 years, the size of the squirrel population has stayed the same. What must be true about the squirrel population during the last 50 years?

a)

The number of squirrels that were born was the same as the number of squirrels that died.

b)

Humans started protecting the squirrel population so they stopped dying.

c)

The squirrels did not have any baby squirrels during these years.

d)

No squirrels were born and no squirrels died.