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