Unit 4
Name ______________________________________ Date _________
Natural Resources
Lesson 1 Quiz
Key Concepts
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following would be considered a
natural resource?
4. Coal is a nonrenewable natural resource. Why is
coal considered nonrenewable?
A. rock
A. Coal will never run out.
B. glass
B. No new coal is being produced on Earth.
C. steel
C. Coal is used to produce energy and not
materials.
D. concrete
D. Coal is being used faster than it is being
produced.
2. Which of these activities requires the use of a
material resource?
5. What do coal, petroleum, and wood have in
common?
A. heating a home
B. manufacturing steel
A. All are considered nonrenewable resources.
C. climbing a tall mountain
B. All are categorized as renewable resources.
D. generating an electric current
C. All can be categorized as energy resources.
3. Why are food crops thought of as a renewable
resource?
D. All can be considered inexhaustible
resources.
A. They are essential for human life.
B. They are not very expensive to grow.
C. New crops can be planted every growing
season.
D. They cannot be replaced as quickly as they
are used.
A. a nonrenewable resource formed from buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago B. a natural resource that humans use to generate energy C. a natural resource that human use to make objects or to consume as food or drink D. any natural material that is used by humans such as air, soil, and water E. a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed F. a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed Match term with definition
_______ 6. Natural resource
_______ 7. Renewable resource
_______ 8. nonrenewable resource
_______ 9. Fossil fuel
_______ 10. material resource
_______ 11. energy resource
Lesson Quiz
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Grade 7 • Assessment Guide • Florida