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Natural Resources

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Freshwater is present as

a)

Frozen ice caps

b)

Rivers

c)

Underground water

d)

All of these

2.

Things that we get from nature

a)

Artificial resources

b)

Manmade resources

c)

Earthly resources

d)

Natural resources

3.

Minerals are obtained by

a)

Mining

b)

Surfing

c)

Deep sea diving

d)

Browsing

4.

Which of the following is not a metal?

a)

Zinc

b)

Onion

c)

Iron

d)

Gold

5.

Which of the following is a renewable natural resource?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Sunlight

d)

All of these

6.

Protection of natural resources is

a)

Communication

b)

Capacitation

c)

Conversation

d)

Conservation

7.

We use _______ from the trees to breathe.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Helium

8.

Which of the following is not a source of water?

a)

Ponds

b)

Trees

c)

Rivers

d)

Lakes

9.

Soil is formed by the action of

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Chemicals

d)

All of these

10.

Natural resources which cannot be exhausted

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Non-renewable resources

11.

Which out of the following is not a freshwater body?

a)

River

b)

Ocean

c)

Lake

d)

Pond

12.

Which is not a wild animal?

a)

Lion

b)

Jackal

c)

Cow

d)

Bear

13.

Which is a non-renewable resource?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Wind

c)

Coal

d)

Soil

14.

Refining of crude oil gives us

a)

Petrol

b)

Petroleum

c)

Diesel

d)

Both petrol and diesel

15.

The noni-renewable resources that we get from digging are

a)

Water

b)

Soil

c)

Minerals

d)

Pits

16.

Water present in oceans and seas is

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saline water

c)

Coke water

d)

Dirty water

17.

Which out of the following is not a tree?

a)
b)
c)
18.
a)

Renewable resource

b)

Non-Renewable resource

19.
a)

Renewable resource

b)

Non-Renewable resource

20.
a)

Renewable resource

b)

Non-Renewable resource

21.
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
22.
If the factory in this diagram was NOT practicing good environmental conservation, what effect would be produced?
a)
air and water pollution
b)
good fishing for recreation
c)
plentiful animals in the river
d)
purified drinking water
23.
Something that is renewable is
a)
something that can be used over again
b)
something that cannot be used over again
c)
something that is natural
24.
Oil is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
25.
Wind is
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
26.
Which type of resource will help our environment the most?
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
27.
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
28.

Resources that exist in a limited supply and are used up at a faster rate than they can be replaced are?

a)

renewable resources

b)

nonrenewable resources

c)

none of the above

d)

all of the above

29.

Petroleum is consumed at a much slower rate than it is renewed.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

We can conserve natural resources by

a)

reducing waste

b)

reusing materials

c)

recycling materials

d)

all of the above