Natural Resources

Which of the following materials can be replenished in a short amount of time after being used?

 

• Metals

• Crude oil

•   Fossil fuel

• Cardboard

Water, plants, and animals are some of the things that we gather from our environment to sustain our needs. What is the best description of these things?

• Nature’s gift

• Living things

• Nonliving things

• Natural resources

  Teacher Alice asked Xavier if the Philippines location in the Pacific Ring of Fire has a relationship to its rich mineral deposits. Xavier answered yes. Do you think his answer is correct?

• No, the rich mineral deposits in our county is not influenced by our position in the Pacific Ring of Fire.

• No, the rich mineral deposits in our country is because the Philippines is located near the equator.

• Yes, countries which are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire have rich mineral deposits because of the presence of many active volcanoes.

• Yes, countries which are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire have many underground caves where people can mine the mineral deposits.

Plants and animals are renewable resources because they can be replaced easily. If coal, crude oil, and natural gas are formed from decayed plants and animals, why are they considered as nonrenewable resources?

• It will take a very long time to produce them.

• We need to import them from other countries.

• Coal, crude oil, and natural gas are very expensive.

• Extracting then from the depths of the Earth is very dangerous.

Which pair of materials takes long years before they can be replenished?

• Trees and crops

• Plants and animals

• Metals and minerals

• Corals and seashells

Electricity can be produced by generators that are powered by kinetic energy of flowing water. What kind of energy is being described?

 

• Hydropower

• Geothermal

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

Materials or natural resources that take million of years to be replenished once consumed entirely are called ____________.

• Renewable

• Recyclable

• Reusable

• Nonrenewable

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched ?

• Paper: Renewable

• Crude oil: Renewable

• Leather bag: Renewable

• Aluminum: Nonrenewable

Which of the following list includes ALL renewable energy resources ?

• Solar, coal, natural gas

• Crude oil, hydropower, wind

• Hydropower, solar, geothermal

• Natural gas, crude oil, biomass

What do you call the natural resources produced from the remain of decayed plants and animals that have existed millions of years ago?

• Biomass

• Fertilizer

• Fossil fuel

• Organic waste