Resource Conservation

Which of these forms of transportation conserves the MOST resources?

• cars

• buses

• bicycles

• trains

What is conservation?

• Saving natural resources by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

• Watching television throughout the day.

• Using natural and human resources.

• Leaving the watering running.

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A _____ is a material that is found in nature and is used by living things.

• nonrenewable resource
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve resources?

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Compost

• Rewind

What are we doing to conserve when we take short showers?

• Recycling water

• Reusing water

• Reducing the amount of water used

What is a natural resource?

• computers

• sources of materials that come from the Earth

• pizza

• paper

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What are we doing when we turn off the fan and the lights when we leave the room.

• We are REDUCING our use of electricity.

• We are RECYCLING, making electricity into something new.

• We are REUSING the electricity by using it again in a new way.

Conserving natural resources is important! All of the following are ways to conserve resources EXCEPT -

• using a lunch kit

• recycling a glass jar

• using plastic bags once and throwing away

• reusing a shoebox for a project

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Which is an example of a natural resource? 

• table
• water
• video game
• marker

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Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
• limiting water by turning off the faucet when washing hands or brushing your teeth

• compost food scraps

• all of the above are good conservation practices