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