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Natural Resources

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the substances that exist naturally on Earth and are used by humans for things like eating, drinking, making products, amd producing energy?

a)

Manmade resources

b)

Conserving Resources

c)

Physical resources

d)

Natural Resources

2.

Which is a renewable resource?

a)

Coal

b)

Animals

c)

Natural Gas

d)

All of the above

3.

To protect (save) resources and avoid wasteful and destructive use is to -

a)

Conserve

b)

Replace

c)

Resource

d)

Consume

4.

Which list only contains renewable resources?

a)

Bananas, water, wood

b)

Sheep, Coal, Water

c)

Air, petroleum, coal

d)

Water, natural gas, milk

5.

A natural resource that can't be easily exhausted because it's replaced in a relatively short amount of time is-

a)

A nonrenewable resource

b)

A renewable resource

c)

A reusable resource

6.

Colbie needs to fill up her car's gas tank because it is almost empty. What type of natural resource (oil) is she using to fill up her car's gas tank?

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Nonrenewable resource

c)

Replaceable resource

7.

Why is it important to conserve nonrenewable resources?

a)

The factories could stop producing them

b)

Our water supplu might get used up

c)


They could be used up in the near future

d)

We don't need to conserve nonrenewable resources

8.

Which of the following could Ann do to help conserve natural resources?

a)

Recycle paper and aluminum cans

b)

Don't leave the water running while she is brushing her teeth.

c)

Use recharable batteries

d)

All of these

9.

Natural Resources that are used up faster than they can be replaced are -

a)

manmade resources

b)

conserved resources

c)

renewable resources

d)

nonrenewable resources

10.

Which of the following used a renewable resource for energy?

a)

Gasoline Powered Car

b)

Solar powered car

c)

Coal powered steam train

d)

Natural gas powered truck

11.

Layla is planting a tree to help reduce trees lost during a forest fire. What type of natural resource is a tree?

a)

Renewable resource

b)

Nonrenewable resource

c)

Manmade resource

12.

What soes the symbol in the side of a container mean?

a)

Trash only

b)

Paper only

c)

Recycle

d)

Conserve

13.

What is a natural nonrenewable fuel that formed over millions of years from the remains of living organisms?

a)

Solar Energy

b)

Fossil Fuels

c)

Renewable energy

d)

Nonusable fuels

14.

What are the 3 R's of conservation?

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

All of the above

15.

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

a)

Soil

b)

Petroleum

c)

Naural Gas

d)

None of the above

16.

After drinking the water in this bottle, Courtney throws the empty water bottle into the trash can. What advice would you give her to help her recycle?

a)

Thank you for throwing away your trash.

b)

Never drink water out of a bottle

c)

Next time please recycle

17.

Something valuable that we can use-

a)

recycled

b)

conservation

c)

natural

d)

resource

18.

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

a)

Recycling aluminum cans

b)

Building new homes.

c)

Drinking out of plastic cups

d)

Taking long showers

19.

Which of the following are natural resources that can be replaced within a lifetime?

a)

Nonrenewable resources

b)

Renewable resources

c)

Coal

d)

Natural gas

20.

Which of the following contains only fossil fuels?

a)

Oil, coal, natural gas

b)

Water, petroleum, coal