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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

The extraction of Minerals from the Earth is called _____________________

a)

Rilling

b)

Mining

c)

Digging

d)

Shafting

2.

Among the following which mineral is found in pencil we use?

a)

Carbonate

b)

Salt

c)

Iron

d)

Graphite

3.

Which one of these is a non-metallic mineral?

a)

Iron Ore

b)

Bauxite

c)

Limestone

d)

Manganese

4.
What is the meaning of human resources?
a)
The people who represents a business
b)
The best person to do the job
c)
The people employed to do work in a business
d)
Supervises employees and sets tasks to be done
5.

(a)   is the ultimate resource.

6.

(a)   is the most populated continent of the world .

7.

People use natural resources to make buildings, bridges, roads, machinery and vehicles which are known as:

a)

Human resource

b)

Human made resource

c)

Natural resource

d)

Un-natural resource

8.

What is conservation?

a)

Saving natural resources.

b)

Watching television throughout the day.

c)

Using natural and human resources.

d)

Leaving the watering running.

9.

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

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Remind

10.

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.

11.
Which of these items is NOT needed for  human beings to live?
a)
food
b)
water
c)
shelter
d)
YouTube
12.
What do you call a useful material that can be drawn from when needed?
a)
agriculture
b)
a community
c)
a resource
d)
a reservoir
13.
A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together is called _____
a)
agriculture
b)
a community
c)
a resource
d)
a reservoir
14.
The science of cultivating land for growing food or raising animals is called _____
a)
agriculture
b)
nutrition science
c)
geology
d)
geography
15.
Before being safe to drink, water has to be cleaned and stored in places like _____
a)
rivers
b)
lakes
c)
reservoirs
d)
homes
16.
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. 
17.

What are nonrenewable resources?

a)

energy sources that are replaced faster than they are used

b)

energy sources that can never be replaced or are replaced more slowly than they are used

c)

a natural product that can be changed into other forms of energy to do work

18.
Why are trees a natural resource?
a)
The leaves are green
b)
We use them to make paper, lumber, and other products.
c)
They are beautiful
d)
They grow back after they are cut down.
19.
I can live without natural resources.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The three R's stand for:
a)
Rebuild, Reconstruct, Reuse
b)
Red, Reduce, Rainbows
c)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle