Earth's Resources Exam
  • 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) energy
B) ice
C) plants
D) food
  • 3. Fossil fuels come from -
A) electricity that creates oil, coal, and natural gas
B) ice that melts
C) other planets in our solar system
D) plants and animals that existed long ago
  • 4. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
A) sunlight
B) apple
C) water
D) oil
  • 5. Fossil fuels are -
A) nonrenewable
B) nonexistent
C) inexhaustible
D) renewable
  • 6. What changed the remains of decaying plants and animals into fossil fuels?
A) heat and pressure
B) ancient peoples
C) power plants
D) ice and solar power
  • 7. Which of the following best describes fossil fuels?
A) Fossil fuels come from the sun.
B) Coal and oil are renewable.
C) They are limitless.
D) Once used up, there will be no more.
  • 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) magnetic energy
B) chemical energy
C) solar energy
D) potential energy
  • 10. Which of the following best describes solar energy?
A) It is unusable.
B) It is an inexhaustible resource.
C) It cannot be transformed into electrical energy.
D) It is a nonrenewable resource.
  • 11. Resources that cannot be used up are called -
A) renewable
B) nonrenewable
C) nonexistent
D) inexhaustible
  • 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 humans can create
B) natural resources that are limitless
C) natural resources that have not yet been discovered
D) natural resources, such as fossil fuels, that will eventually be used up and can never be replaced
  • 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) natural resources that can be replaced over time
B) limitless resources
C) resources produced in a factory
D) fossil fuels
  • 16. Inexhaustible resources -
A) will be used up in a few years
B) will never be used up
C) do not provide us with energy
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) nonrenewable
B) underdeveloped
C) renewable
D) inexhaustible
  • 18. Which of the following would take a short amount of time to be replaced?
A) wood
B) oil
C) coal
D) natural gas
  • 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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