Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Kathy Tucker

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  1. A ___ is a resource that can be replaced as it is used.
  2. Your answer:
    reusable resource
    renewable resource
    nonreusable resource
    nonrenewable resource


  3. A hard, black form of coal is ____.
  4. Your answer:
    Old King Cole
    Diamond
    Anthracite
    Something pretty gross.


  5. A soft, brown material made up of partly decayed plants is _____.
  6. Your answer:
    mulch
    Something pretty gross.
    peat
    peanut butter


  7. ___is a process of taking a resource back from a product.
  8. Your answer:
    Renewing
    Reusing
    Recycling
    Resource


  9. A___is an useful mineral or other material that people take from the Earth.
  10. Your answer:
    Stolen resource
    Natural resource
    Unnatural resource
    Reusable resource


  11. ___is a gas made up mostly of methane.
  12. Your answer:
    Natural gas
    Fossil fuel
    Coal
    Unnatural gas


  13. A soft, brown form of coal is ____.
  14. Your answer:
    Lignite
    Ignite
    Sedimentary
    Igneous


  15. A___is a resource that cannot be replaced once it used.
  16. Your answer:
    New resource
    Renewable resource
    Nonrenewable resource
    Reusable resource


  17. A___is a resource that can be used more than once.
  18. Your answer:
    Renewable resource
    Nonrenewable resource
    New resource
    Reusable resource


  19. ___is a fairly hard, dark brown or black form of coal.
  20. Your answer:
    Ignite
    Bitumen
    Sedimentary
    Lignite


  21. A___is a fuel such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas that formed in the Earth from decayed organisms.
  22. Your answer:
    Fossil Fuel
    Sedimentary Rock
    Natural gas
    Peat


  23. The three categories of natural resources are:
  24. Your answer:
    Nonrenewable, Renewable, and Reusable.
    Forest, Ice, and Wind
    Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
    Erosion, Weathering, and Deposition


  25. Three examples of fossil fuels are:
  26. Your answer:
    Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Pteranodon
    Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
    Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas.
    Forest, Soil, and Water


  27. Two examples of renewable resources are:
  28. Your answer:
    Coal and Natural Gas.
    Sedimentary and Metamorphic
    Forests and Soil
    Triceratops and Pteranodon


  29. Two examples of reusable resources are:
  30. Your answer:
    Coal and Natural Gas.
    Air and Water.
    Sedimentary and Metamorphic
    Triceratops and Pteranodon


  31. An example of a nonrenewable resource is:
  32. Your answer:
    Air
    Water
    minerals/rocks
    soil


  33. All natural resources are:
  34. Your answer:
    useful materials that cannot be replaced.
    useful materials that are used for fuel.
    useful materials that people take from the Earth.
    useful materials that can be replaced.


  35. Fossil fuels are important to us because:
  36. Your answer:
    they produce heat when burned.
    they are reusable resources.
    they are renewable resource
    they are the only fuels used to make electricity.


  37. Conservation of natural resources could include:
  38. Your answer:
    the use of more renewable sources of energy.
    cutting down on the use of fossil fuels.
    replacing soil and planting trees.
    alll of the above.


  39. Fossil fuels include :
  40. Your answer:
    natural gas, oil, and coal.
    bauxite, oil, and coal.
    jet fuel, graphite, and lead.
    coal, oil, and peat.



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