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