Earth's Resources Exam
  • 1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource?
A) oxygen
B) computer
C) oil
D) water
  • 2. Fuels are burned to produce -
A) food
B) ice
C) energy
D) plants
  • 3. Fossil fuels come from -
A) electricity that creates oil, coal, and natural gas
B) plants and animals that existed long ago
C) other planets in our solar system
D) ice that melts
  • 4. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
A) apple
B) sunlight
C) oil
D) water
  • 5. Fossil fuels are -
A) inexhaustible
B) nonrenewable
C) nonexistent
D) renewable
  • 6. What changed the remains of decaying plants and animals into fossil fuels?
A) heat and pressure
B) ice and solar power
C) ancient peoples
D) power plants
  • 7. Which of the following best describes fossil fuels?
A) Once used up, there will be no more.
B) Fossil fuels come from the sun.
C) Coal and oil are renewable.
D) They are limitless.
  • 8. Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A) gasoline
B) coal
C) water
D) oil
  • 9. Energy from the sun is called -
A) solar energy
B) potential energy
C) chemical energy
D) magnetic energy
  • 10. Which of the following best describes solar energy?
A) It is unusable.
B) It cannot be transformed into electrical energy.
C) It is an inexhaustible resource.
D) It is a nonrenewable resource.
  • 11. Resources that cannot be used up are called -
A) renewable
B) nonexistent
C) inexhaustible
D) nonrenewable
  • 12. Natural resources are -
A) technology created by man
B) forms of energy
C) materials in the environment that are useful to people
D) unusable objects in the environment
  • 13. Nonrenewable resources are
A) natural resources that are limitless
B) natural resources, such as fossil fuels, that will eventually be used up and can never be replaced
C) natural resources that humans can create
D) natural resources that have not yet been discovered
  • 14. Fuels are -
A) objects created after a fire
B) materials burned for energy
C) nutrients that promote growth
D) items found inside plants
  • 15. Renewable resources are -
A) resources produced in a factory
B) natural resources that can be replaced over time
C) limitless resources
D) fossil fuels
  • 16. Inexhaustible resources -
A) will be used up in a few years
B) will never be used up
C) produce new fossil fuels
D) do not provide us with energy
  • 17. The source of solar energy is the sun. This type of energy is virtually limitless. This type of energy is called -
A) underdeveloped
B) inexhaustible
C) renewable
D) nonrenewable
  • 18. Which of the following would take a short amount of time to be replaced?
A) coal
B) natural gas
C) wood
D) oil
  • 19. Which of the following is an example of a fossil fuel?
A) solar energy
B) lumber
C) coal
D) water
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