WorksheetsNatural Resources Test - Part 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A steady increase in global temperature has been recorded between 1900 and today. Before concluding that this rise in temperature is the result of the increased burning of fossil fuels since that same time, which of the following questions would have to be answered?
What is the CO₂ content in one metric ton of fossil fuels?
Which gases are released when burning fossil fuels?
What, if any, temperature rise was occurring prior to 1900?
How have humans adapted to temperature change?
The graph shows data on the carbon dioxide emitted when producing different foods. Which of the following claims is supported by the data?
The highest carbon emissions come from the production of dairy products.
Producing 1 lb of carrots results in more CO₂ emissions than producing 1 lb of tomatoes.
Producing food from plants results in more carbon dioxide emissions than from animals.
Carbon emissions are higher for the production of beef than for chicken and pork combined.
The greatest reduction in carbon dioxide emissions could be achieved if it were possible to reduce, by half, which source of emissions?
Land use
Energy production
Waste
Industrial processes
The burning of fossil fuels contributes to the addition of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. These gases trap thermal energy in the earth’s atmosphere. Which of the following would be the most reasonable changes that could result from an increase in the burning of fossil fuels?
The air all over the globe would become dirtier
There would be a global rise in temperatures
Ecosystems would become more diverse
Rates of photosynthesis would decrease
What evidence would support the claim that an increase in human population contributes to the emission of greenhouse gasses?
Data showing that greenhouse gas production has leveled off once the global population reached a certain number
Data showing that the amount of greenhouse gasses produced varies with the level of development a country has reached
Data showing that greenhouse gas emissions for each individual human has dropped over the last thirty years
Data showing that the ten countries with the largest populations are the ten countries that produce the most greenhouse gases.
People try to conserve some resources, like fossil fuels, because they are not replaceable. Why can’t these resources be replaced?
They must be transported long distances
Processes that make them take a long time
No one can afford to buy more of them
It is impossible to extract more from the earth
The table provided shows areas where sedimentary rock layers are exposed, as well as the environmental factors that produced the rock layers. Coal forms in locations where vegetation gets buried quickly and then altered by heat and pressure over millions of years. Which location is most likely to have coal?
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
People move into and begin living in an area that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the effect on the amount of water?
Water will be more evenly distributed in the area
Most of the freshwater in the area will be converted to saltwater
The amount of fresh water suitable for drinking will increase
There will be less available for other living things
In all of the following examples, the quantity of the resource being used by humans is affected EXCEPT–
petroleum taken from the ground and burned for fuel.
fresh water used for agriculture, recreation, and tourism.
wind power used to provide energy for homes and businesses.
metal ores mined and used to create building materials.
Metal ores are often formed in locations that had volcanic activity in the past. What information about an area would provide the best evidence that metal ores could be found there in the present?
Evidence that volcanoes in the area are currently active
Evidence that humans in the area use lots of metal ores
Evidence that metal ores had been brought to the area by ancient humans
Evidence that the area had active volcanoes long ago
11. Over the last 100 years, there has been a significant increase in atmospheric temperatures. Which human activity has contributed the greatest amount of greenhouse gases during this time period?
Deforestation
Industrial agriculture
Burning of fossil fuels
Urbanization
Which of the following are indicators that show that the overall climate of Earth is getting warmer?
Rising global temperatures
Decreasing sea levels
Increasing polar ice coverage
More frequent snowfall worldwide
Which of the following are the conditions needed for coal formation?
High temperature and pressure on plant material over millions of years
Immediate exposure to sunlight
Rapid cooling of magma
Presence of volcanic ash only
14. Identify some natural resources that are limited on Earth.
Water, fossil fuels, and minerals
Sunlight, wind, and rain
Air, soil, and plants
Clouds, stars, and moon
15. Earth’s natural resources are unevenly distributed around the planet because:
of differences in geological processes and climate.
all regions have the same resources.
resources are created by human activity only.
the Earth is flat.
