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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a fossil fuel

a)

Organisms buried under layers of rock.

b)

Weathered rocks

c)

Water evaporating.

d)

Animals eating.

2.

Which two of these resources are nonrenewable resources?

a)

Wood

b)

Petroleum

c)

Corn Oil

d)

Coal

3.

All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT

a)

decomposed animals

b)

decayed plants

c)

sedimentary rocks

d)

active volcanoes

4.

Which of the following best explains how these layers can become rock over many years?

a)

Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

b)

The weight of water compacts sediment into rock.

c)

Different water temperatures turns sand into rock.

d)

Pollution turns sediment into rock.

5.

What processes must occur for fossil fuels to form?

a)

Erosion, burial, earthquakes

b)

Organism growth, burial, volcanic eruptions

c)

Organism growth, burial, compaction

d)

formation of faults, burial, glacier formation

6.

Which of these is a renewable resource?

a)

Gasoline

b)

Wind

c)

Natural Gas

d)

None of these

7.

Which particles need to be present in marine mud for fossil fuels to form?

a)

sand and wood

b)

decaying organisms

c)

lava and sedimentary rocks

d)

minerals

8.

Which of the following is true about sedimentary rocks?

a)

Sedimentary rock is made of layers

b)

Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock

c)

Sedimentary rock is often limestone

d)

Sedimentary rock is common

9.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Water is a nonrenewable resource

b)

Wind is a renewable resource

c)

Oil is a renewable resource

d)

Coal is a renewable resource

10.

Oil is not a renewable resource because ...

a)

it comes from the ground.

b)

it cannot be replaced.

c)

it is too gooey.

d)

it is not heavy enough.

11.

Which of the following resources WILL eventually run out?

a)

natural resources

b)

renewable resources

c)

nonrenewable resources