WorksheetsNatural Resources and Conservation Study Guide
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A renewable resource is a resource from nature that is NOT easily replaced.
True
False
A nonrenewable resource is a resource from nature that is easily replaced.
True
False
Which statement is true?
Wind and sunlight are sustainable, renewable resources
Water, wind, and sunlight are nonrenewable resources
Minerals are found in the ground, but are not useful to humans.
Fossil fuels and minerals are easily replaced.
What question can be answered by studying fossils?
Why do plants need sunlight?
What plants lived long ago?
How do volcanoes make new rocks?
When will the next flood occur?
Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable?
Fossil fuels can be used over and over again.
Fossil fuels are used to provide energy to homes.
Fossil fuels cause pollution.
Fossil fuels take millions of years to replace.
Scientists found fossils of willow and walnut tree trunks in the Colorado Desert in California. Scientists believe the early environment of the Colorage Desert was different than the present environment. Which statement identifies the likely environment of the Colorado Desert?
It was a forest.
It had a large pond.
It was a grassland.
It had a large lake.
What do we call materials that are found in nature and used by living things?
Pollution
Conservation
Natural Resources
Invasive species
What does it mean for an object to be “preserved”?
Preserved means that the object has been maintained in its original state.
Preserved means that the object has been exposed to air and is similar to its original state.
Preserved means that the object is now different from its original state.
Preserved means nothing has been done with the object.
Which of the following is a renewable natural resource?
Coal
Wind
Oil
Minerals
A fossilized seashell is found at the top of a mountain. What does this most likely tell us about the history of the mountain?
The mountain was never under water.
The mountain was once under water.
The mountain was once in a warmer climate.
The mountain was once in a cooler climate.
Mammoths and elephants are close relatives. Mammoths are extinct animals that had long hair all over their bodies. Present-day elephants have much less body hair. In which environment did mammoths most likely live?
Cold region
Desert
Ocean
Tropical region
What are the preserved remains or traces of prehistoric life ?
Rocks
Fossils
extinction
A student visits the Yuha Desert in California and finds varieties of oyster and barnacle fossils in the desert. What can the student infer about the past environment of the desert from the fossils?
The desert was previously covered by a sea.
The desert was previously a mountain.
The desert previously had large amounts of rainfall.
The desert previously had a warmer climate.
What does it mean to keep something in its original state or save it from loss or ruin?
Preserve
Restore
extinction
Many people want to conserve oil because
It could run out someday.
It is not very useful.
It can’t make electricity.
It could never run out.
What is one disadvantage of using fossil fuels?
They are a nonrenewable resource, which means there is only a limited amount left to use.
They have to be taken out from deep within Earth, which can damage the environment.
They have to be made in a laboratory, which takes a lot of time and money.
They are collected from Earth’s surface water, which can affect the water supply.
