Worksheets4.8 Virginia's Natural Resources SOL Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is soil an important resource for humans?
a)
Soil is used to make medicine
b)
Soil is need for crops to grow
c)
Soil is needed food for humans
d)
Soil is used in the construction of homes and furniture.
2.
Match the item to the correct category
BOOK
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
3.
What are two ways Virginia's minerals, ores, and rocks are commonly used?
a)
building materials and source of fuels
b)
food and habitats
4.
Virginia's water resources are important to the people who live there because it provides drinking water, water for forming, food, recreation, and transportation.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Match the item to the correct category
WATER
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
6.
The land that water flows over and under as it makes its way to a body of water
a)
watershed
b)
natural resource
c)
river
d)
bay
e)
lake
7.
What is the primary function of a watershed?
a)
To collect and store rainwater
b)
To prevent soil erosion
c)
To filter pollutants from water
d)
To drain water into a larger body of water
8.
Match the item to the correct category
PAPER
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
9.
Match the item to the correct category
TIMBER
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
10.
Match the item to the correct category GLASS
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
11.
Match the item to the correct category
SUNLIGHT
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
12.
Which of the following is NOT a water resource in Virginia?
a)
river
b)
stream
c)
lake
d)
wood
13.
Chesapeake, and Chincoteague are examples of a
a)
bay
b)
lake
c)
river
d)
ocean
14.
Which of the following is true about watersheds?
a)
Water flows uphill across a watershed.
b)
Watersheds are divided by oceans
c)
Watersheds only include groundwater.
d)
Watersheds drain into a larger body of water
15.
Match the item to the correct category
COTTON
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
16.
Match the item to the correct category
SOIL
a)
Man-Made Resource
b)
Natural Resource
17.
A body of water partly enclosed by land but with a wide mouth that opens into an ocean or sea.
a)
watershed
b)
natural resource
c)
river
d)
bay
e)
lake
18.
Which major watershed covers over half of Virginian's land area?
a)
Chesapeake Bay
b)
North Carolina Sounds
c)
Gulf Stream
19.
A body of water that is surrounded by land on all sides.
a)
watershed
b)
natural resource
c)
river
d)
bay
e)
lake
20.
Which of the following is NOT a water resource in Virginia?
a)
gulf
b)
lake
c)
bay
d)
river
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