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Planet Earth Lesson 6 test review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

a)

water

b)

iron

c)

plastic

d)

wood

2.

A renewable resource is one that

a)

can be made artificially

b)

we need over and over again

c)

replenishes faster than it’s used

d)

replenishes slower than it’s used

3.

Natural resources are divided into two categories. What are they?

a)

common and precious

b)

renewable and nonrenewable

c)

inexhaustible and rare

d)

inexpensive and expensive

4.

Aquifers are replenished through which process?

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

infiltration

d)

evaporation

5.

Which action shows sustainable use of a natural resource?

a)

Filling a car with gasoline at the pump

b)

Leaving a broken pump to spill water from an aquifer

c)

Planting new trees to replace those that are cut down

d)

Throwing a plastic bottle into the trash instead of recycling

6.

Over hundreds of millions of years, heat and pressure changed buried marine organisms into what substance?

a)

fossil

b)

rock

c)

water

d)

petroleum

7.

Geothermal energy can be harnessed by transferring energy from hot rocks to what?

a)

oil

b)

sand

c)

iron

d)

water

8.

Geothermal energy is most concentrated in which locations?

a)

ancient shallow marine seas

b)

near divergent and convergent plate boundaries

c)

at ocean boundaries

d)

in the centers of continents

9.

What is one of the main causes of soil degradation because it increases the erosion of the richest soil?

a)

Tilling; weathering

b)

Overgrazing; erosion

c)

Herding; deposition

d)

Overwatering; sedimentation

10.

Pine trees grow quickly and are a ________ resource, but cedar trees grow slowly and are a ________ resource.

a)

sustainable; renewable

b)

fertile; unsustainable

c)

nonrenewable; unfertile

d)

renewable; nonrenewable

11.

Which list includes only resources that are always considered nonrenewable?

a)

petroleum, soil, copper

b)

water, petroleum, wood

c)

water, geothermal energy, wood

d)

geothermal energy, soil, copper

12.

When resources are used sustainably, they will be

a)

gone within ten years

b)

made higher in quality

c)

considered more valuable over time

d)

available for use by future generations

13.

What term describes a mixture of rock and mineral particles, living and once-living matter, water, and air?

a)

sustainable

b)

natural resource

c)

soil

d)

per capita consumption

14.

Which phrase best defines a natural resource?

a)

a nonrenewable resource

b)

per capita consumption

c)

sustainable

d)

a useful source of material or energy that comes from nature

15.

What is a rock that contains a large amount of valuable elements and can be mined for profit called?

a)

ore

b)

total consumption

c)

per capita consumption

d)

nonrenewable resource

16.

A natural resource that is used faster than it is replenished, or exists in a limited supply, is a

a)

petroleum

b)

renewable resource

c)

nonrenewable resource

d)

total consumption

17.

Using natural resources in a way that ensures their availability to future generations is called

a)

petroleum

b)

soil

c)

sustainable

d)

natural resource

18.

Energy from Earth’s hot interior is known as

a)

geothermal energy

b)

soil

c)

ore

d)

natural resource

19.

A resource that is replenished faster than it is used up, or exists in such great supply that it cannot be depleted, is a

a)

sustainable

b)

total consumption

c)

renewable resource

d)

petroleum

20.

A liquid formed millions of years ago from the burial of marine organisms that can be used as a source of energy is

a)

petroleum

b)

geothermal energy

c)

total consumption

d)

sustainable