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Social Studies 3rd Quarter Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Human Resource

b)

Natural Resource

c)

Renewable Resource

d)

Human Made Resource

2.

Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs are considered ________.

a)

THINGS

b)

VALUE

c)

RESOURCES

d)

UTILITY

3.

Resources which can be renewed or reproduced are known as ..................

a)

(a) Exhaustible Resource

b)

(b) Renewable Resource

c)

(c) Non-Renewable Resource

d)

(d) Useful Resource

4.

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

a)

Sustainable Development

b)

Resource Conservation

c)

Resource Development

d)

Sustainable Conservation

5.

On the basis of the availability of supply, Natural resources can be classified as____________ and ________.

a)

Ubiquitous and Localised resources.

b)

Renewable and Non-Renewable

c)

Biotic and Abiotic resources

d)

Actual and Potential resources

6.

We should minimize the depletion of natural resources.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Name the term given to the resources that are drawn from Nature and used without much modification.

a)

DEPLETABLE

b)

HUMAN MADE RESOURCES

c)

NATURAL RESOURCES

d)

HUMAN RESOURCES

8.

Sunlight is _________natural resource

a)

Inexhaustible

b)

Exhaustible

c)

BOTH A&B

d)

None of these

9.

Petroleum is ________natural resource

a)

Inexhaustible

b)

Exhaustible

c)

Both (a) & (b)

d)

None of these

10.
Which of these sources is used for generating electricity that is NOT renewable?
a)
coal
b)
the Sun
c)
wind
d)
water
11.
Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?
a)
coal
b)
minerals
c)
natural gas
d)
oil
12.
Which of the following is true about coal?
a)
It is renewable because it is deep inside Earth.
b)
It is renewable because it can easily be replaced as it is used.
c)
It is nonrenewable because it cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
d)
It is nonrenewable because it fuels many power plants that make electricity.
13.
Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of his home?
a)
air
b)
water
c)
wind
d)
sunlight
14.
 Which of the following are renewable sources of energy?
a)
coal and natural gas
b)
oil and electricity
c)
sunlight and petroleum
d)
wind and water
15.
What is the source of energy that causes the blades of a turbine to move?
a)
coal
b)
wind
c)
water
d)
sunlight
16.
Which of the following is NOT a way that people can be harmful to the environment?
a)
burning coal for energy
b)
clearing land for homes
c)
making products from wood
d)
planting trees in a forest
17.
Which of the following is NOT a way that people can be harmful to the environment?
a)
driving cars and trucks
b)
dumping factory wastes
c)
creating oil spills
d)
using solar energy
18.
Which of the following is a major cause of air pollution?
a)
burning fossil fuels
b)
dumping waste in landfills
c)
using wind and solar energy
d)
releasing waste into streams
19.

Which of these forms of transportation conserves the most amount of energy?

a)

cars

b)

buses

c)

bicycles

d)

trains

20.

What is conservation?

a)

Using resources wisely.

b)

Watching television throughout the day.

c)

Using natural and human resources however you want.

d)

Leaving the watering running.

21.

What is one way people help the environment?

a)

building new cities

b)

tearing down a forest

c)

throwing away plastic

d)

picking up litter

22.

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

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Remind

23.

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.

24.

What are we doing to conserve when we take short showers?

a)

Recycling water

b)

Reusing water

c)

Reducing the amount of water used

25.

What are we doing when we turn off the fan and the lights when we leave the room.

a)

We are REDUCING are use of electricity.

b)

We are RECYCLING making electricity into something new.

c)

We are REUSING the electricity by using it again in a new way.

26.
Wood is useful for making furniture because it is all of the following EXCEPT- 
a)
easily cut
b)
lightweight
c)
strong
d)
magnetic
27.

Conserving natural resources is important. All of the following are ways to conserve resources EXCEPT -

a)

using a lunch kit

b)

recycling a glass jar

c)

using plastic bags once and throwing away

d)

reusing a shoebox for a project

28.
What is a natural resource? 
a)
something you buy
b)
something you make
c)
something found in nature you use
29.
Which is an example of a natural resource? 
a)
table
b)
water
c)
video game
d)
marker
30.

Which of the following is a way a person could demonstrate conservation?

a)
recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
b)

limiting water use when showering and brushing teeth

c)
using rechargeable batteries
d)
all of the above are good conservation practices
31.

Which of the following is an example of a way that natural resources can be conserved?

a)

using a reusable water bottle instead of plastic water bottles

b)

using several ziploc bags everyday

c)

using paper bags each day to carry your lunch

d)

using paper plates instead of real dishes

32.
Metals can be used to make objects of different shapes because metals can -
a)
freeze
b)
grow
c)
break
d)
bend
33.
Which of the following is a way students could conserve paper?
a)
buy only new paperback books
b)
use both sides of the paper in a notebook
c)
pick up paper wrappers in the schoolyard
d)
use paper towels to clean spills in the lab
34.
People use cotton and wool for what?
a)
to make gasoline
b)
to make food
c)
to make electricity
d)
to make clothing
35.

Making a swing out of an old tire is a way to conserve resources.

a)

true

b)

false

36.
Which of these items is NOT needed for  human beings to live?
a)
food
b)
water
c)
shelter
d)
YouTube
37.
In order for us to use the resources around us, we often have to _____
a)
consume them
b)
recycle them
c)
replenish them
d)
transform them
38.
Before they can be shipped to grocery stores, many foods have to be _____
a)
cultivated
b)
consumed
c)
eaten
d)
depleted
39.
Which natural resources do we have to dig underground to find?
a)
sun and wind
b)
coal and wind
c)
moving water
d)
oil and natural gas
40.
Energy from sunlight is called what?
a)
Solar Energy
b)
Wind Energy
c)
Moving Water
d)
Nuclear Energy
41.
One advantage of Solar Energy is that _________.
a)
it is not available at night
b)
it is not available on a cloudy day
c)
sunlight will not run out for billions of years
d)
it is expensive to make and maintain
42.
Wind turbines spin faster when there is _____ wind.  As a result, we get _____ energy.
a)
more, less
b)
more, more
c)
less, more
d)
less, less
43.
Power plants that make electricity with the energy of flowing water are called what?
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Geothermal
c)
Toxic Waste
d)
Solar Cells
44.
Hydroelectric power plants can only be built where there is ______ ______.
a)
fresh water
b)
salt water
c)
still water
d)
moving water
45.
Moving water is transferred into what?
a)
Salt Water
b)
Energy
c)
Still Water
d)
Water Power
46.

gold, diamond, oil, and natural gas

a)

fossil fuel

b)

renewable resources

c)

non-renewable resources

47.

Burning fossil fuels creates this gas in the atmosphere

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

helium

48.

something found in nature and used by people

a)

only renewable resources

b)

only fossil fuels

c)

only non-renewable resources

d)

natural resources

49.

taking steps to protect the environment like recycling, reuse, conservation.....

a)

going red

b)

going green

c)

going blue

d)

going pink

50.

Problems with the oceans and other water ways

a)

over-fishing

b)

oil spills

c)

sediment pollution

d)

all of the above

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