Understanding Resources Quiz

What is economics the study of?

• How we make, buy, sell, and use things

• Ocean studies

• How plants grow

• Types of animals

Which of the following is a natural resource?

• Water

• School bus

• Computer

• Pencil

What type of resource is a human?

• Natural resource

• Human resource

• Capital resource

• Animal resource

Which resource is considered non-renewable?

• Trees (if grown sustainably)

• Oil

• Wind energy

• Sunlight

What does it mean to conserve resources?

• To create artificial resources

• To use less and protect what is left

• To use as much as possible

• To ignore resource usage

Which of the following is a capital resource?

• Fish

• Coal

• Truck

• Teacher

What can be used to collect solar power?

• Solar panels

• Television

• Refrigerator

• Bicycle

Which resource is renewable?

• Plastic

• Wind energy

• Gold

• Gasoline

What happens to the price of a resource when it becomes scarce?

• It stays the same

• It is free

• It increases

• It decreases

What type of resource is a school bus?

• Capital resource

• Human resource

• Renewable resource

• Natural resource