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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) oxygen
B) oil
C) water
D) computer
  • 2. Fuels are burned to produce -
A) food
B) plants
C) energy
D) ice
  • 3. Fossil fuels come from -
A) plants and animals that existed long ago
B) electricity that creates oil, coal, and natural gas
C) ice that melts
D) other planets in our solar system
  • 4. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
A) water
B) sunlight
C) apple
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) power plants
C) ancient peoples
D) ice and solar power
  • 7. Which of the following best describes fossil fuels?
A) They are limitless.
B) Fossil fuels come from the sun.
C) Once used up, there will be no more.
D) Coal and oil are renewable.
  • 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) magnetic energy
C) solar energy
D) chemical 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) nonexistent
C) nonrenewable
D) inexhaustible
  • 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 humans can create
C) natural resources that are limitless
D) natural resources that have not yet been discovered
  • 14. Fuels are -
A) materials burned for energy
B) objects created after a fire
C) nutrients that promote growth
D) items found inside plants
  • 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 never be used up
B) produce new fossil fuels
C) will be used up in a few years
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) nonrenewable
B) underdeveloped
C) inexhaustible
D) renewable
  • 18. Which of the following would take a short amount of time to be replaced?
A) natural gas
B) oil
C) wood
D) coal
  • 19. Which of the following is an example of a fossil fuel?
A) water
B) solar energy
C) coal
D) lumber
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