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4th Grade Social Studies Chapters 11-12

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three main parts of our environment?

a)

air

water

land

b)

water

wind

forests

c)

forests

air

sky

d)

land

water

sky

2.
Who is a consumer?
a)
A person who buys goods and services.
b)
A smart shopper
c)
A person who makes and sells goods and services.
d)
Someone who spends money constantly. 
3.
What are goods?
a)
Things in the world.
b)
Things that are made or grown and then sold.
c)
Only positive things that happen to consumers.
d)
An activity that a business or person trades for payment.
4.
What are services?
a)
An activity that a business or person trades for payment.
b)
Services include clothing, food, and water.
c)
An item produced in an economy that you exchange money for.
d)
There are no services in our current economy. 
5.
What is a producer?
a)
Producers are only used in the music industry.
b)
A person who makes and sells goods and/or services.
c)
A person purchasing the good or service.
d)
Producers and consumers are the exact same thing.
6.
Economy is...
a)
The wealth and resources of a country or region.
b)
Something we talked about in the old days only.
c)
Not something kids need to know.
d)
Something that is made up by the government.
7.

What is a want?

a)

Something you have to have to survive.

b)

Something you don’t need to survive but would like to have.

c)

Someone who buys something.

8.

What is a need?

a)

Something that you have to have in order to survive.

b)

Something you do not need in order to survive but would like to have.

c)

Someone who buys something.

9.

Which of the following is an example of a want?

a)

House

b)

Winter clothes

c)

Food

d)

iPad

10.

Which of the following is an example of a need?

a)

Bicycle

b)

Jacket

c)

X-box

d)

Cat

11.

What are products that are made or grown?

a)

Consumers

b)

Services

c)

Goods

d)

None of the above

12.

Which of the following is not an example of a good?

a)

Toothpaste

b)

Apple

c)

Shirt

d)

Haircut

13.

Which of the following is an example of a service?

a)

Toys

b)

Car

c)

Computer

d)

Medical Check-Up

14.

Industry

a)

place/ process where raw materials are converted to finished goods

b)

growing crops

c)

park

15.

_____ are from nature and are used in their natural form

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource

16.

_____are people who use their skills to produce a good or service

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource

17.

What is a natural resource?

a)

things we need to survice

b)

materials found in nature that are useful or necessary to life.

c)

materials that are man made

d)

the people who work for a business

18.

What are examples of natural resources?

a)

water

b)

trees

c)

soil

d)

all of the above

19.

What are examples of human resources?

a)

farmers

b)

cashiers

c)

teachers

d)

all of the above

20.
___________________ is another word for a person who works to produce goods or provides services?
a)
capital resource
b)
natural resource
c)
human resource
d)
consumer
21.
An example of a human resource is _________.
a)
a truck
b)
tree
c)
tractor
d)
doctor
22.

When harmful substances build up in the air to unhealthy levels it is known as...

a)

unfortunate

b)

air pollution

c)

chemicalization

d)

water pollution

23.
These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.
a)
Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home
b)
Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes
c)
Create major forest fires / Use CFC's
d)
Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine
24.

Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles?

a)

Fine people that own cars.

b)

Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool.

c)

Charge more money to buy a car.

25.

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What are the main sources of water pollution?

a)

Plastic, Paper, and Metal

b)

Snails in water

c)

Help, there is a boot with a snake inside of it that somehow in the nearby lake.

d)

Agriculture, Industry, and Community

27.

Who does water pollution impact?

a)

Shrek and his swamp

b)

my water inside of my Fiji water bottle ಠ╭╮ಠ

c)

Only us people

d)

Everything on the planet

e)

Animals only

28.

Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Animal waste

c)

Oil spills

d)

Silt from storms and floods

29.
TRUE or FALSE. Many people on Earth do not have accces to clean water.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
30.

Which is the picture of Land Pollution ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

What are landfills?

a)

A lot of waste in the river

b)

A place where land is covered with plastic

c)

A place where there is metal waste

d)

A place where land is covered with plastic and metal

32.

Which of the following are causes of water pollution?

a)

Liter dropped in towns, cities, beaches, and sewage drains.

b)

Poorly managed industrial waste discharges, fishing gear, and landfills.

c)

Both of these choices.

d)

Neither of these choices.

33.

To (a)   means to take steps toward cutting down on usage of a certain thing.

34.

To (a)   means to repeat usage of the same thing and recycling the rest.

35.

To (a)   means to dispose a certain thing in an environmental-friendly method.

36.
As water flows through a dam, a generator is turned and creates enough electricity for thousands of homes. This describes...
a)
biofuels
b)
hydroelectric energy
c)
geothermal energy
d)
solar power
37.
Which type of alternative energy source is shown in this picture?
a)
Wind
b)
Solar
c)
Hydroelectric
d)
Geothermal
38.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
39.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Steam
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
40.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Coal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Petroleum
41.

Things we can do to save clean water, except:

a)

Taking shorter showers

b)

Make sure to pick up your trash

c)

Make sure to turn off the running tap when not in use

d)

Pour dangerous chemical solutions to the sink

42.

How much water exists on, in, and above our planet Earth?

a)

50%

b)

71%

c)

2.5%

d)

65%

43.
Which of one following in NOT Fresh Water?
a)
Lake
b)
River
c)
Seawater
d)
Groundwater
44.
What is Wastewater
a)
Water that has been used for activity such as bathing, washing or toilet flushing
b)
Water that we use for drinking
c)
Water that precipitate from cloud
d)
Seawater
45.

Which of the following is NOT environmental impacts of mining?

a)

Destroys natural communities over large areas.

b)

Acid drainage pollutes groundwater.

c)

Creates minimal dust.

d)

Causes erosion

46.

……………………………… is a central dumping area where all the trash goes to.

a)

Landfill

b)

Landscape

c)

Conservation

d)

Landform

47.

Which of the following is a direct effect of recycling?

a)

More water is polluted.

b)

Less trash goes into landfills.

c)

More money is paid.

d)

Less e-waste is produced.

48.

When we cut down the amount of plastic bags used, this is called ………………………………

a)

Reduce.

b)

Reuse.

c)

Recycle.

d)

None of the above

49.

It is important to ________, or save, nonrenewable resources since we cannot replace them.

a)

count

b)

use up

c)

waste

d)

conserve

50.

Some farmers use _________ to keep pests from eating their crops even though they can harm the environment.

a)

pollution

b)

fossil fuels

c)

pesticides

d)

natural resources

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