Categorizing natural resources

A resource that can replenish is called

• biotic resource

• renewable resource

• non-consumptive resource

• non-renewable resource

A resource that cannot replenish is called

• biotic resource

• renewable resource

• non-consumptive resource

• non-renewable resource

Which of the following types of resources is inexhaustible?

• Abiotic resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Fossil fuels

• Biotic resources

Which of the following examples of resources is a renewable inexhaustible resource?

• Wind energy

• Coal

• Bauxite

• Oil

Which of the following is an example of non-consumptive use of a resource?

• Quarrying

• Logging

• Recycling aluminum cans

• Over-fishing

Which of the following is an example of consumptive use of a resource?

• Fishing from the net growth of the population

• Hiking

• Bioprospecting

• Quarrying

Solar energy is both renewable and exhaustible.

• True

• False

Abiotic resources can be both exhaustible and inexhaustible depending on the way they are used

• True

• False

Non-renewable resources cannot be used non-consumptively but they can be used conservatively

• True

• False

Bauxite can only be used consumptively but since aluminum can be recycled it can be used non-consumptively

• True

• False